Photo By Staff Sgt. Frank Rohrig | U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gustavo Castillo, a training flight leader at the 1st Combat...... read more read more
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 18, 2020) Things are heating up in the U.S. Air Force’s 1st Combat Camera Squadron as the second phase of Exercise Scorpion Lens enters the week before launch.
Exercise Scorpion Lens Phase 2 is an annual all-encompassing combat camera exercise created to train and prepare broadcast and photojournalists for real-world crisis response environments.
The first phase of Scorpion Lens in October provided a base-level training for a variety of situations while phase 2 aims to kick it up a notch.
“Scorpion Lens phase 1 was more of a crawl, or walk tempo whereas phase 2 is leaning more toward the jog or run phase.” explains Staff Sgt. Gustavo Castillo, a training manager assigned to the 1st. “Each team is going to have a bunch of scenarios, and it’s up to them to figure it out with no safety net.”
Formerly known as Ability To Survive and Operate (ATSO) training, the exercise intends to immerse its participants in a simulated real-world environment.
“Each day of the exercise is going to be different.” Said Staff Sgt. Castillo. “Everything they do will change the information environment, effectively changing how the next day is going to move forward.
Scorpion Lens ensures Combat Camera Airmen are ready to perform while under pressure embedded in other units.
“The training is aiming to show Airmen what it’s like to be part of a crisis response team, from receiving the order, to getting out to where you need to be.” Said Staff Sgt. Castillo. “The goal is for these scenarios to stress their storytelling capabilities to accurately inform the public and affect the information environment for the better of U.S. interests.”
| Date Taken: | 02.20.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 02.21.2020 18:51 |
| Story ID: | 363677 |
| Location: | CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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