Students on patrol
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. William Smith, 435th Security Forces Squadron Creek Defender Ground Combat Regional Training Center instructor, center left, teaches students on patrol route tactics during a night training operation as part of the European Combat Leaders course, near U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany, May 14, 2024. The instructors teach 30 course objectives throughout the two-week course, including patrols, defense, basics of principles of instruction and evaluation and troop leading procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)