Air Force Staff Sgt. David Barksdale, of the 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron, sharpens a stick into a stake Feb. 9, 2023, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Airmen from the 290th JCSS are attending a class led by Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialists to teach them basic survival techniques in a cold weather environment.

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