YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Yokota’s combat arms training and maintenance (CATM) hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021.
By Yasuo Osakabe, 374th Airlift Wing public affairs / Published March 09, 2021
Staff Sgt. Michael Lawrence, 374th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor, prepares ammunition for M240 light machine gun bullets at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021. Yokota's combat arms training and maintenance instructors hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Defenders with the 374th Security Forces Squadron fire their M240 and M249B machine gun at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021. Yokota's combat arms training and maintenance instructors hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Staff Sgt. Curtis Croft, left, 374th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor, left, checks M240 light machine gun bullets before providing it to students at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021. Yokota's combat arms training and maintenance instructors hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Airman 1st Class Octavia Foxworth, left, 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, concentrates before conducting live-fire with her M249B machine gun at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021. Yokota's combat arms training and maintenance instructors hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Tech. Sgt. Alexandria Brye, right, 374th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance non-commissioned officer in charge, assists Airman 1st Class Destine Williams, 374th SFS patrolman, during an M240 and M249 machine guns qualification at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021. Yokota's combat arms training and maintenance instructors hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe))
Airman 1st Class Octavia Foxworth, left, 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, targets on sight while conducting live-fire with her M249B machine gun at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021. Yokota's combat arms training and maintenance instructors hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Airman 1st Class Octavia Foxworth, right, 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, fire her M249B machine gun at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021. Yokota's combat arms training and maintenance instructors hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Bullet shells fill the ground at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021. Yokota's combat arms training and maintenance instructors hosted an M240B and M249 machine guns qualification training for the Yokota defenders and leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)
Jose J. Sanchez, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Defender Magazine, is a U.S. Air Force veteran who served in the Presidential Honor Guard, Bolling AFB, Washington DC, the 416th Security Police Squadron, Griffiss AFB, NY, and the 89th Security Forces Squadron, Andrews AFB, MD
