Joint Crisis Negotiation Team Training
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Tech. Sgt. Antoine Washington and Staff Sgt. Ernst Francois , 49th Security Forces Squadron, negotiate with the alleged perpetrator during a hostage exercise while the El Paso Federal Bureau of Investigation safeguard them April 28, 2010, at the base dormitories. The exercise involved 49th SFS Quick Reaction Force members, 49th SFS hostage negotiators; FBI hostage negotiators and FBI Special Weapons and Tactics teams from El Paso, Texas; Las Cruces and Albuquerque, N.M. Within the past year, Holloman security forces and the FBI have begun exercising joint Crisis Negotiation Team training. This was the first exercise of its kind at Holloman involving both Crisis Negotiation and the SWAT teams. Future exercises are planned and will be larger in scope. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Turner / Released)