The 30-minute training is aimed to help Airmen’s comfort in engaging with others to prevent suicide., News stories from the United States Air Force Academy.
Leaders from across the 60th Air Mobility Wing at
Travis Air Force Base took part in a suicide prevention, virtual reality training test phase Feb. 17–19.
The 30-minute training is aimed to help Airmen’s comfort in engaging with others to prevent suicide.
The training involves participants putting on a virtual reality headset and entering a scenario in which they interact with a person who is in obvious emotional distress. The goal is for the participant to convince the distressed person to get help. If participants don’t ask the distressed person the right questions to prompt them to get help, a training coach chimes in to assist the participant.
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Airman 1st Class Ryan Richardson, 60th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation journeyman, secures a pallet of N-95 masks in place inside a C-17 Globemaster III at Travis Air Force Base, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/U.S. Air Force file photo)
Travis C-17 helps in Guatemala, Germany
By Nicholas Pilch
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE The airmen of the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base recently delivered Covid-19 personal protective equipment and humanitarian aid.
The Port Dawgs of the 60th Aerial Port Squadron and the Beeliners of the 21st Airlift Squadron stepped in to tackle two separate missions, helping deliver supplies to two different combatant commands using one C-17 Globemaster III.