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Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Pico and Staff Sgt. Brian Alfano demonstrate a method to mark a drop zone during a training flight on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Jan. 19, 2016. Pico is a combat arms instructor assigned to the 106th Security Forces Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing. Alfano is a survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructor assigned to the 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing. U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Muncy

Drop Zone Signal

Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Pico and Staff Sgt. Brian Alfano demonstrate a method to mark a drop zone during a training flight on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Jan. 19, 2016. Pico is a combat arms instructor assigned to the 106th Security Forces Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing. Alfano is a survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructor assigned to the 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing. U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Muncy

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