MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Senior Airman Christopher Vanaken, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 5th Security Forces Squadron augmentee, scans the flight line from a defense fighting position during an exercise April 17 here. Augmentees are volunteer Airmen from a wide variety of Air Force career fields who assist the 5th SFS by performing base security duties; enabling regular SFS personnel to perform more proactive roles in air base defense. Augmentees are given specialty training in weapons, possible scenarios, rules of engagement and the use of force prior to being cleared for duty as an augmentee. (U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Christopher Boitz)