A 92nd Security Forces Squadron Airman protects the flight line ensuring safe and secure mission accomplishment during an operational readiness exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Aug. 22, 2014. Training exercises are planned and executed regularly to maintain mission readiness, to ensure the base's preparedness for various potential emergency scenarios, and to evaluate the base's ability to accomplish the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary O'Dell/Released)