Samuel King Jr.
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — “Cover me while I move!”
A squad of service members and civilians yell to each other while pointing their M-4s toward the gunfire sounds from a tree line. This was the call of the warriors as they bounded back behind barriers and eventually out of the line of fire and to safety.
Everyone who took part in Team Eglin’s Warrior Day event March 14, found themselves in that scenario and responded not as individuals but as a team.
Army Soldiers carry Senior Airman Andrew Ruoff, 96th Medical Group, to safety at a tactical combat casualty care station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
Airmen bound back to safety at a shoot-move-communicate station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
Airman 1st Class Fay Madlangbayan, 96th Medical Group, screams as Airmen apply tourniquets to her legs at a tactical combat casualty care station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
An Army Soldier directs a Humvee driver to roll forward at an air freight training station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
Senior Airman Effie Rodriguez, 96th Medical Group yells commands at Airmen and Soldiers at a tactical combat casualty care station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
Airmen and Army Soldiers point their weapons downrange at a shoot-move-communicate station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
Senior Airman Josiah Audas and Airman 1st Class Charles Germany, 96th Medical Group, learn about safety wiring at a maintenance station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The SERE station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
An Army Soldier and Airmen try to find the break in the aircraft wiring at a maintenance station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
2nd Lt. Jeffrey Torres-De Jesus, 96th Operations Support Squadron, rotates an F-16 Fighting Falcon gun belt at a maintenance station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
Staff Sgt. Alexander Hamilton, 96th Medical Group, and an Army Specialist try to find the break in an aircraft wire at a maintenance station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
An Army Specialist connects the tail section of a GBU at a maintenance station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
Airman Alysa Clark, 96th Medical Group, waits for another group of warriors to begin their turn at a tactical combat casualty care station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Veasley) 
Civilians listen to instruction at a shoot-move-communicate station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Veasley) 
Airmen and Soldiers evaluate a bomb at an explosive ordnance disposal detection station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Veasley) 
Airmen from the 96th Comptroller Squadron build GBUs at a maintenance station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Veasley) 
Airman 1st Class Kaiba McDowell, 96th Operations Support Squadron, instructs her peers on how to build a shelter as part of a SERE exercise March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The SERE station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) 
Airmen from the 96th Force Support Squadron apply turniquets to Senior Airman Andrew Ruoff, 96th Medical Group, at a tactical combat casualty care station March 14, 2025, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The station was part of Team Eglin’s Warrior Day events that included a four-mile ruck march with various stops that tested service member and civilian readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Veasley)