EC Airmen hit mark at joint shoot-out Published May 18, 2010 By Staff Sgt. Zachary Wilson U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Four members of the U. S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron won top honors in a shooting competition Tuesday during Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's National Police Week . Senior Master Sgt. Nathan Brett, Technical Sergeants Thomas Carpino, Luke Plemons, Jonathan Tourville and Aubrey Vasquez formed team "Steely Eyed Killers" the night before the competition, after being invited by the 87th Security Forces Squadron to compete. The 421st CTS competed against seven other shooting teams, including the undefeated, two-time world champion South Ocean County New Jersey SWAT team. Sgt. Herman Pharo, team commander of the South Ocean County SWAT team, is a believer in maintaining superb conditioning as a foundation for achieving team goals, both in competitive events and in everyday police work, according to the a release from one of the team's sponsors. "You've heard of two-a-days? How about all-days?" Pharo said. "Ocean County SWAT gets ready for competition with non-stop sprint intervals, circuit workouts and rigorous obstacle courses. In addition to SWAT, we perform our duties as police officers who pride ourselves on physical fitness." Senior Master Sgt. Nathan Brett, 421st CTS superintendant, noted the team of four shooters from his squadron never worked together as a team before. Though he had experience from shooting competitions, it had been several years since he last competed. However, citing the EC's dedication to preparing combat-ready Airmen to support expeditionary operations, the senior noncommissioned officer felt he was sending out some of the Air Force's best. "The bottom line is that the 421st always represents in whatever it does, whether we have time to prepare or not," he said. Brett explained how one of the team members, Sergeant Vazquez, was able to hit a head shot on a target from 50 yards away, after sprinting 100 yards to get there. "We all did pretty well," Brett said. "We just wanted to go out and have fun."