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US Air Force Technical Sergeant Ron "Hammer" Hetzel (Center) leads new recruits to a wooded camp in their first training exercise at a new training encampment fittingly named "Scorpion's Nest," one of the ways instructors are putting the "tough" back in "boot camp" at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Ron "Hammer" Hetzel dresses down a mud-laden AIRMAN Basic Lee Ann Bledsoe after she finished last in the low crawl, one of the training exercises at a new training encampment fittingly named "Scorpion's Nest," one of the ways instructors are putting the "tough" back in "boot camp" at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

US Air Force AIRMAN Basic AIRMAN Basic Beau Woods and Wilma Cabading turn to training instructor, Technical Sergeant Bryan Blue for advice on leading their flight through dangerous areas that are vulnerable to ambush at a new training encampment fittingly named "Scorpion's Nest," one of the ways instructors are putting the "tough" back in "boot camp" at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

US Air Force AIRMAN Basic Tracy Walker and other basic trainees inch their way along a muddy 250-foot' long crawl trail at a new training encampment fittingly named "Scorpion's Nest," one of the ways instructors are putting the "tough" back in "boot camp" at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

US Air Force basic trainees dash through a chow line to get Meals, Ready to Eat (MRE) and the energy they'll need for the next 24 hours while they are at a new training encampment fittingly named "Scorpion's Nest," one of the ways instructors are putting the "tough" back in "boot camp" at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

US Air Force (USAF) Second Lieutenant (2LT) James Hughes (pointing) and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Melinda Morse (seated center), both Weather Forecasters, 21st Operational Weather Squadron (OWS), USAF in Europe (USAFE) OWS, Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU), explain weather forecasting to First Lieutenant (1LT) Tad Dear (standing right), 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Ramstein AB, during Combat Nighthawk, which is a USAFE Combat and Special Interest Program (CSIP) exercise designed to develop leadership skills and increase operational awareness among company grade offices and senior non-commissioned officers

US Air Force (USAF) Second Lieutenant (2LT) James Hughes (standing right) and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Melinda Morse (seated right), both Weather Forecasters, 21st Operational Weather Squadron (OWS), USAF in Europe (USAFE) OWS, Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU), explain weather forecasting to First Lieutenant (1LT) Tad Dear (standing right), 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Ramstein AB, during Combat Nighthawk, which is a USAFE Combat and Special Interest Program (CSIP) exercise designed to develop leadership skills and increase operational awareness among company grade offices and senior non-commissioned officers

Plenty of mud is the end result of basic trainees inching their way along a muddy 250-foot' long crawl trail at a new training encampment fittingly named "Scorpion's Nest," one of the ways instructors are putting the "tough" back in "boot camp" at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Dave Berdis (left), Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC), 438th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadrons (ECES), Entomology Flight, and USAF Captain (CPT) Christily Silvernail, Public Health Officer, 438th Expeditionary Medical Group (EMG), set up a perimeter mosquito trap, while forwardly deployed at an undisclosed location supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Ron "Hammer" Hetzel has some biting words of advice for recruits; watch out for scorpions, black widow spiders and rattlesnakes, all of which can be found during training exercises at a new training encampment fittingly named "Scorpion's Nest," one of the ways instructors are putting the "tough" back in "boot camp" at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

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Base: Lackland Air Force Base

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Wright, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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