319 SFS complete red-hot training

Airman Jared Small, 319th Security Forces Squadron installation entry controller, winces in pain after being sprayed in the face with oleoresin capsicum spray during training May 29, 2018, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Small was among a group of 319 SFS Airmen who completed the training, designed to expose them to the OC spray preemptively in order to prevent panic should they come in contact with it during their career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)

319 SFS complete red-hot training

Staff Sgt. Zachary Conn, military working dog handler with the 319th Security Forces Squadron, left, braces himself as Tech. Sgt. Paul Melicia, 319 SFS noncommissioned officer in charge of training, sprays oleoresin capsicum in Conn’s face during training May 29, 2018, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. After being sprayed, training participants completed a course that tested their ability to maintain composure while under duress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)

319 SFS complete red-hot training

Airman 1st Class Alex Livingston, 319th Security Forces Squadron installation entry controller, practices blows with a baton as he endures the effects of oleoresin capsicum spray in his eyes, nose and mouth during training May 29, 2018, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Defenders with the 319 SFS must pass this training as a requirement for their career field and in order to carry OC spray on duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)

319 SFS complete red-hot training

Airman Jacob Shull, installation entry controller with the 319th Security Forces Squadron, top left, detains a simulated perpetrator as part of training May 29, 2018, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Once participants complete the training, they never have to do it again. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)

319 SFS complete red-hot training

Staff Sgt. Zachary Conn, military working dog handler with the 319th Security Forces Squadron, left, rinses his face after completing a training course which required him to be sprayed in the face with oleoresin capsicum May 29, 2018, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. After being sprayed with OC spray, Conn and the other training participants had to practice taking out, spraying and holstering simulated OC spray, hitting a target with their baton and handcuffing a simulated perpetrator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)

319 SFS complete red-hot training

Published June 6, 2018
By Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez
319th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airman Jared Small, 319th Security Forces Squadron installation entry controller, winces in pain after being sprayed in the face with oleoresin capsicum spray during training May 29, 2018, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Small was among a group of 319 SFS Airmen who completed the training, designed to expose them to the OC spray preemptively in order to prevent panic should they come in contact with it during their career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)