Staff Sgt. Bartley Henriques, 1st Combat Communications Squadron cyber transport section chief, fires blanks from an M-16 rifle to defend a base during exercise Healthy Thunder at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 3, 2016. During the field training exercise portion, several 1st CBCS Airmen played the role of opposing forces to attack the site to prepare the Airmen participating in the exercise for a deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Tech. Sgt. Carlos Duarte, 1st Combat Communications Squadron network infrastructure supervisor, watches an area for opposing forces during exercise Healthy Thunder at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 4, 2016. The second portion of Healthy Thunder was a field training exercise where the Airmen defended the base against opposing forces through a variety of scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Airmen assigned to the 1st Combat Communications Squadron place an “injured” Airman on a stretcher during exercise Healthy Thunder at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 4, 2016. Fifty-eight Airmen participated in the exercise to prepare for a deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Senior Airman David DeSantis, 1st Combat Communications Squadron radio transmission systems technician, participates in exercise Healthy Thunder at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 4, 2016. The Airmen put on face paint for the final battle of the field training exercise portion of Healthy Thunder, where opposing forces breached the base and Airmen defended it. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Green and purple smoke fills the sky as Airmen assigned to the 1st Combat Communications Squadron defend a base during a simulated attack during exercise Healthy Thunder at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 4, 2016. In order to make the field training exercise portion of Healthy Thunder as real-world as possible, the Airmen used smoke grenades, ground burst simulators and blank rounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Tech. Sgt. Chad Williams, 1st Combat Communications Squadron NCO in charge of tactical network operations, fires blanks from an M-16 rifle to defend a base during exercise Healthy Thunder at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 4, 2016. Fifty-eight Airmen participated in the exercise, which included setting up communications and defending a base in a deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

Airmen assigned to the 1st Combat Communications Squadron kneel in formation during exercise Healthy Thunder at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 3, 2016. The Airmen performed tactical movements to retrieve supplies during the field training exercise portion of Healthy Thunder. The purpose of the exercise was to prepare 1st CBCS Airmen for deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)