by Senior Airman Devin Boyer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Airman 1st Class Tariq Hilaire, right, and Airman 1st Class Taylor Dawson, 86th Security Forces Squadron’s Selectively Trained And Ready augmentees, run a de-escalation simulation at the 86th SFS training facility Nov. 7 on Ramstein Air Base. STAR is a program that instills general security forces and force protection knowledge to qualified 86th Airlift Wing and tenant unit active-duty Airmen rank E-5 and below to assist security forces in protecting the installation, personnel and resources.
Airman 1st Class Alec Serna, 86th Security Forces Squadron’s Selectively Trained And Ready augmentee, reaches for a training handgun during a simulation at the 86th SFS training facility Nov. 7 on Ramstein Air Base. The simulation tested the STAR augmentees’ ability to assess a quickly escalating situation where they had to decide to use lethal, nonlethal or less than lethal force. STAR augmentees are used on an annual rotation basis.
An Airman detains an Airman with a training rifle during a Selectively Trained And Ready simulation at the 86th Security Forces Squadron training facility Nov. 7 on Ramstein Air Base. The simulation instructs STAR augmentees when to use lethal force and when not to.
Airman 1st Class Alec Serna, 86th Security Forces Squadron’s Selectively Trained And Ready augmentee, portrays an Airman in distress during a simulation at 86th SFS training facility Nov. 7 on Ramstein Air Base. The STAR program allows security forces to use Airmen outside their organization to augment basic duties during manpower shortages.
Staff Sgt. Salvador Alvarado, 86th Security Forces Squadron trainer, debriefs Selectively Trained And Ready augmentees after running a simulation at the 86th SFS training facility Nov. 7 on Ramstein Air Base. The STAR program provides Kaiserslautern Military Community installations a pool of personnel to ease units’ burden of long-term commitment by supplementing security forces.
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