Sink or swim Published Jan. 16, 2003 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Robert Cordell swims across the pool while wearing his anti-exposure suit during water survival training here. The swimming pool training provides students a realistic environment for using life support equipment in water. Cordell is a C-130 Hercules loadmaster from the base's 36th Airlift Squadron. (Photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)