Air Force Staff Sgt. David Chorpenning, right, and Tech Sgt. Cassidy Steffen, lower the American flag during survival evasion resistance and escape (SERE) training with Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 274, near Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, March 15, 2018. HMLA-269 and MWSS-274 conducted the training exercise to improve the squadrons' capabilities in cold-weather environments. Chorpenning and Steffen are both SERE specialists with the 366th Fighter Wing. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan Pumphre

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Air Force Staff Sgt. David Chorpenning, right, and Tech Sgt. Cassidy Steffen, lower the American flag during survival evasion resistance and escape (SERE) training with Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 274, near Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, March 15, 2018. HMLA-269 and MWSS-274 conducted the training exercise to improve the squadrons' capabilities in cold-weather environments. Chorpenning and Steffen are both SERE specialists with the 366th Fighter Wing. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan Pumphret)

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