Senior Airman Hassen Drissi, a fire fighter in the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, Peoria, Illinois, practices using hydraulic tools, commonly called the jaws of life, while training at National Guard training exercise PATRIOT North 16 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 16, 2016. He is practicing rescue procedures after a simulated vehicular accident. PATRIOT is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. The fire fighters are gathered


Senior Airman Hassen Drissi, a fire fighter in the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, Peoria, Illinois, practices using hydraulic tools, commonly called the jaws of life, while training at National Guard training exercise PATRIOT North 16 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisc. July 16, 2016. He is practicing rescue procedures after a simulated vehicular accident. PATRIOT is an annual exercise held at Volk Field to test the National Guard’s capabilities and develop working relationships with first responders and government agencies. The fire fighters are gathered from various states and benefit from the training by exchanging knowledge and experiences they have encountered while on military duty and also in some of their civilian fire-fighting experiences. ( Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)


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