A Safer Afghanistan Security Forces Airmen doing more than just base defense
Story by Staff Sgt. Eric Burks, Air Forces Central Combat Camera
Photos by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder, Air Forces Central Combat Camera

Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, aim to make the country safer – one patrol at a time.

“When you think of security forces, you think of gates and ID cards,” said Staff Sgt. Alexis Rice. “Well, we’re doing more than just that.”

Rice is part of a “Mike” team, a select group of Airmen who operate beyond the barbed wire and concrete barriers of the airfield.

Typically, security forces Airmen provide air base defense from within the perimeter, Rice said. But at Bagram, Mike teams are a constant presence outside the gates, patrolling day and night in the surrounding villages. “Their job is not only to ensure base security,” he said, “but to protect area residents and perform counter-insurgency operations.”

- See more at: http://airman.dodlive.mil/2012/12/a-safer-afghanistan

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