Air Force Airman 1st Class Tyler Parmelee, a fire protection specialist assigned to the 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron, falls through thin ice while conducting ice water rescue training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska Feb. 4, 2017. The training taught the JBER firefighters self-rescue techniques, victim recovery, and certified them as ice water rescue technicians. Parmelee is a native of Ashburn, Va.

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