SOS

Members of the 133rd Airlift Wing are taking part in water survival training at the Army Training Site Arden Hills, Minnesota Sept. 16, 2012. The airmen are learning how to properly discharge flares. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari L. Giles/released

Water survival

A member of the 133rd Airlift Wing is taking part in water survival training at the Army Training Site Arden Hills, Minnesota Sept. 16, 2012. The airman is using an LPU-10P air crew life preserver to swim towards the safety of the life raft. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari L. Giles/released

Red smoke in the afternoon

Staff Sgt. Travis Shore 109th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron holds a signal flare from a raft during water survival training at the Army Training Site Arden Hills, Minnesota Sept. 16, 2012. . The Airmen of the 133rd Airlift Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard are taking part in their annual survival including survival equipment, lift raft familiarization, parachute disentanglement and rescue techniques. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson/released

floating the day away

Lt. Col. David Nelson swims in the waters of small lake at the Army Training Site Arden Hills, Minnesota Sept. 16, 2012 with a aircrew life preserver helping to keep him afloat. The Airmen of the 133rd Airlift Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard are taking part in their annual survival including survival equipment, lift raft familiarization, parachute disentanglement and rescue techniques. U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson/released

"Awaiting rescue"

Airmen of the 133rd Airlift Wing are taking part in survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) training and water survival training including: lift raft familiarization, parachute disentanglement and rescue techniques.at the Army Training Site Arden Hills, Minnesota Sept. 16, 2012. Here a group of Airmen practice water survival while lighting both signal flares and smoke flares. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson/released

"Water Wings"

133rd Airlift Wing members swim in the waters of small lake at the Army Training Site Arden Hills, Minnesota Sept. 16, 2012 with their aircrew life preserver keeping them afloat. The Airmen of the 133rd Airlift Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard are taking part in their annual survival including survival equipment, lift raft familiarization, parachute disentanglement and rescue techniques. U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson/released