SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Amber Motske (left), deployed from Ellsworth, instructs Senior Airman Cassandra Hernandez on how to strike using her baton Jan. 24, during self-defense tactics training with batons at an air base in the Persian Gulf Region. The self defense training familiarizes Airmen with how to use non-lethal force to defend themselves. Both Airmen are assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Patrick Dixon)