353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bon Strout, 353rd Special Operations Group Survive, Evade, Resist and Escape specialist, instructs water survival trainees how to swim under a parachute canopy, Nov. 4, 2015, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. This training teaches military members how to survive in open water emergency scenarios including escaping from underneath a parachute canopy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Emerick)

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353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training

U.S. Air Force Capt. Caesar Baldemor, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element flight commander, looks out at the ocean as he travels to a water survival training area, Nov. 4, 2015, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. The purpose of water survival training is to ensure the survival of any aircrew in case of an emergency evacuation over water or similar disastrous events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Emerick)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bon Strout, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron Survive, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, prepares to dive into open water, Nov. 4, 2015, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. As a SERE specialist he teaches military members the skills they need to survive in emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Fremming)

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353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bon Strout, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, instructs Tech. Sgt. Cole Magin, 353rd SOSS Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element team leader, how to pump water from a life raft during water survival training Nov. 4, 2015,off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. Strout stressed the importance of constantly pumping excess water out of the raft in order to keep it afloat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Fremming)

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353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bon Strout, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, dives below a floating parachute during water survival training, Nov. 4, 2015, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. This training teaches military members how to survive in open water emergency scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Fremming)

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353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training

Published Dec. 1, 2015
18th Wing Public Affairs

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bon Strout, 353rd Special Operations Group Survive, Evade, Resist and Escape specialist, instructs water survival trainees how to swim under a parachute canopy, Nov. 4, 2015, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. This training teaches military members how to survive in open water emergency scenarios including escaping from underneath a parachute canopy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Emerick)

353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training

353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training

353 SOSS

353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training

353rd SOSS SERE conducts water survival training