Spending hours in a pool in the warm Florida sun may sound like a vacation, but for trainees at the Air Force Special Operations Training Center’s Special Tactics Training Squadron here, it’s anything but.

For these trainees, each of whom is a three-level combat controller, spending hours in a pool is all part of the training to earn their five-level certification. The STTS teaches these trainees advanced skills they will need before being assigned to their first operational units.

 

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