Exercise Orbit Comet
Tech. Sgt. Elmer Smith, 4th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Emergency Services Team (EST) rear security, taps Airman 1st Class Dekker Wilcox, 4th SFS EST member, to clear his weapon and report his findings of the search of an unoccupied house on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Oct. 17, 2011, as part of exercise Orbit Comet. The clearing procedures used by the EST are performed before the members leave the building and to account for team members, shots fired, hostages and casualties. Smith is a native of Jackson, Miss., and Wilcox is from Enumclaw, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rae Perry)