Tech Warrior participants practice dismounted operations during training week at the AFRL Tech Warrior 2017 event. Tech Warrior participants undergo a week of classroom and practical field training activities designed to provide a fundamental understanding of different missions and tactics for battlefield success. The participants, most of whom are scientists and engineers at AFRL, gain a firsthand understanding of the rigorous training and stresses airmen experience in the operational field to enable them to return to the lab to create better technologies for the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)