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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Murphy, a survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and Army Sergeant 1st Class Amando Vidal, a field artillery firefinder radar operator with 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment, Texas National Guard, collect leaves from a Sickle Bush during survival skills training on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 13, 2018. Murphy and Vidal placed the leaves in a plastic bag and exposed the bag to the sun, which allowed condensation to gather and enabled them to create an alternative water source in an austere environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Sarah Mattison)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Murphy, a survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and Army Sergeant 1st Class Amando Vidal, a field artillery firefinder radar operator with 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment, Texas National Guard, collect leaves from a Sickle Bush during survival skills training on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 13, 2018. Murphy and Vidal placed the leaves in a plastic bag and exposed the bag to the sun, which allowed condensation to gather and enabled them to create an alternative water source in an austere environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Sarah Mattison)
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