No easy day at the pool

Staff Sgt. Wilma Alvarez climbs into a 20-person life raft during during water survival refresher training recently at the natatorium indoor pool at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialists teach the course to aircrew members at least once every three years. Sergeant Alvarez is a loadmaster with the 36th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

Photo essay: No easy day at the Yokota AB pool

Published Sept. 17, 2009
By Osakabe Yasuo
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- Survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists from the 374th Operations Support Squadron conduct water survival refresher training for the 36th Airlift Squadron here recently at the natatorium indoor pool. The training is especially important for Yokota aircrews, who routinely fly long distances over the Pacific Rim.

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No easy day at the pool

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