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airmen are in the fight

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and those deploying down range are

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involved in combat operations . Tech

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Sergeant Dwight Hawkins shows us how

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Airmen at Travis Air Force Base in

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California are learning combat skills

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before going down range . Technical

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Sergeant Tyler Brown of Security forces

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is teaching these airmen about what

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they could face in a wartime situation .

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It's all part of the two day

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expeditionary combat skills training as

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Travis Air Force Base in California .

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The course allows Sergeant Brown to

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pass on what he learned while on patrol

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in Iraq and as a combat convoy

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instructor , what we want to do is give

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the students a set of basic skills to

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work with . So if they are ever um and

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force protection scenario that will

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give them just that basic skill set to

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be able to act appropriately . Takes

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Sergeant Dwight Hawkins , Air Force

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News Travis Air Force Base

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California .