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Shells fly as Capt. Joseph Michaels, an airfield manager with the 818th Contingency Response Group, shoots at his target during the live-fire portion of the Defensive Operations Course held here Jan. 12-15. A member of one of the Contingency Response Wing's airfield assessment teams, Captain Michaels' job can take him into areas with minimal force protection. The DOC provides training and sharpens the skills required to act as organic force protection in high-threat situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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Lt. Col. Daniel Krall, 818th Global Mobility Readiness Squadron commander, holsters his M-9 for a live-fire exercise during the Defensive Operations Course held here Jan. 12-15. The DOC trains and refreshes Contingency Response Wing Airmen on the skills required to provide organic force protection when the CRW deploys to non-permissive environments during contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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Airmen from the 818th Contigency Response Group practice shooting over barriers in a live-fire exercise during the Defensive Operations Course held here Jan. 12-15. The DOC provides force protection training to Contingency Response Wing Airmen who may be called upon to provide organic force protection when deployed to high-threat environments during contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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An Airman from the 818th Contingency Response Group prepares and operates pop-up targets for a live-fire exercise during the Defensive Operations Course held here Jan. 12-15. The exercise incorporated firing the M-16 and M-9 at pop-up targets from the ranges of 100, 75, 50 and 25 meters. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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Airmen from the 818th Contingency Response Group do some "warm-up-push-ups" before the combatives training portion of the Defensive Operations Course held here, Jan. 12-15. The combatives training focused on teaching the Contingency Response Airmen unarmed, hand-to-hand combat skills that may be required when deployed for contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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(Right to left) 1Lt Daniel Qualls, 818th Contingency Response Group intelligence officer, and Master Sgt. Tom Woller, 818th CRG maintenance senior non-commissioned officer, grapple during a combative training exercise that was part of the Defensive Operations Course held here Jan. 12-15. The DOC taught Contingency Response Airmen valuable force protection skills that may be needed when deployed to high threat locations for contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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Chief Master Sgt. James Dowell, 621st Contingency Response Wing command chief, proudly displays the "battle wounds" he sustained during the combatives training portion of the Defensive Operations Course held here Jan. 12-15. As most physical fights last a relatively short amount of time, the combatives training pitted Airmen against each other in two, three-minute rounds where they used various hand-to-hand combat techniques in attempts to maintain physical control of their adversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Dustin Doyle)

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818th trains for contingency force protection

Published Jan. 21, 2009