Suiting up and jumping in: Air Force sharpens ice rescue skills

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While on the lake and in the water, military personnel practiced how to get in and out of the water, along with getting comfortable wearing the rescue suit in the water before running through drills of events they may see in the field.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In early January, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Fire and Emergency Service Station Chief Karl Schultz headed out to Six Mile Lake with a group of military members for the station’s ice rescue training course. The two-day course was divided into a day of in-class lessons, focusing on many of the essentials of conducting an ice rescue.

However, suiting up and getting hands-on practice is a key part of ice rescue training. The next day, Schultz said, was spent on the water. For service members, they spent the day training inside the below-30-degree lake water.

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