F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. - Airman 1st Class Enrique Manley, Staff Sgt. LaRue Jackson, Senior Airman Charleston Williams and Airman 1st Class Miguel Ferreira, all from the 90th Security Forces Squadron, dive into the mud for the Team Pain Portion of the Crow Creek Challenge June 11. (Photos by Jeff Allred.)
Airman 1st Class Matthew Rowe, 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron, struggles to do one more repetition of the four-man push up part of the Team Pain event of the Crow Creek Challenge. The challenge tests security forces' combat skills and physical and mental ability. Warren is the only Air Force base that has this specific challenge, and only Airmen with ranks of airman basic through staff sergeant can compete. This event requires the Airmen to do four-man push ups, carry a log a certain distance and then fireman carry each other back to the pit. Teams earn points for doing as many cycles as they can in the allotted time.
Senior Airman Jonathan Lofland, 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron, prepares to lob a grenade during the grenade throw event. Participating members had to throw the grenade toward the targets from a standing and kneeling stance. During the test, it was simulated that enemies were firing at the team, but return covering fire gave time for a grenade to be thrown.
Airmen 1st Class Adam Thomas, Patrick Currie, Marcus Hamilton and Staff Sgt. Corey Wright, all from the 90th MSFS, participate in the Team Pain portion of the Crow Creek Challenge. For the fireman carry part of Team Pain, two teammates carry the other two back into the mud pit for more four-man push ups. The person who does the carrying switches every cycle, so the entire team's physical fitness is evaluated.
This challenge tested a team's ability to search for an ammunition box while blinded by an obscured gas mask. Once one team member found the box, all other members had to crawl toward and touch the box as well.
Senior Airman Stefan Edwards, Airman 1st Class Robert McNabb and Staff Sgt. Jason Belcher, all from the 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron, transport a 185 pound dummy to the finish line of the timed Ruck-N-Pack event. The teams had to move three ruck sacks, assorted equipment and the dummy to the designated area to complete the test.