Staff Sgt. Samuel Weaver waits in the grass for opposing forces role players during the Ability to Survive and Operate exercise Jan. 16, 2013, at North Auxiliary Air Field, S.C.

The weeklong exercise was designed to train 1st Combat Camera Airmen to function outside the wire as combat documentation specialists.

The 1st CTCS acquires still and motion imagery in support of classified and unclassified air, sea and ground military operations.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)