Members of the winning "Smokin’ Armadillos" team at the Rookie Firefighter Combat Challenge March 21 cheer on a teammate as he drags a 165-pound dummy 50 feet toward the finish line. The Smokin’ Armadillos are Marine Corps Pfcs. Joseph Gillespie, Jase Conners and Mikhail Okshin, and Airmen Basic Bryan Reid and Daryl Teage. The team won the event with an overall time of 1 minute, 32 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton)
A Marine slams his mallet into the 150-pound block he is required to move during part three of the Rookie Firefighter Combat Challenge March 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Clayton Lenhardt)
Competitors wait their turn to run the grueling course, often called the "toughest two minutes in sports." Competitors in the Rookie Firefighter Challenge must carry a 45-pound hose up five stories, hoist another 45-pound toolbox the same distance, move a 150-pound block of solid steel eight feet using only a sledgehammer, dodge fire hydrants, pull a charged 1 2/3-inch hose 100 feet and drag a 165-pound dummy more than 100 feet to the finish line. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton)
Lieutenant Colonel Shawn Moore, 312th Training Squadron commander, gives opening remarks to the audience and competitors before the Rookie Firefighter Combat Challenge March 21. 95 people competed in the event, with 19 teams total. The 312 TRS is responsible for fire training at the Louis. F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton)
A competitor drags a charged 2/3 inch hose during the fifth portion of the Rookie Firefighter Combat Challenge March 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton)
Airman 1st Class Raymond Surber of the "Rockafellas" team dodges around a fire hydrant in the fourth portion of the Rookie Firefighter Combat Challenge March 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton)
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