While Space Force Capt. Stephen Brown is normally found preparing other guardians for orbital conflict at Schriever Space Force Base , this September he spent three weeks in the jungles of Panama learning to survive, float rivers on rucksacks and push through his exhaustion.
At the end of the 18-day training, Brown and Space Force Maj. Alyson Gleason, based in Washington, D.C., became the first two Space Force guardians to graduate from the Jungle Operations Training Course.
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