Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Popovic, Special Warfare Training Wing command chief (center), briefs a delegation of Senate staff members from across the United States on the significance of the SWTW memorial site on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex Feb. 23, 2022. The delegation visited the Special Warfare Training Wing to learn more about Air Force Special Warfare and the unique capabilities AFSPECWAR operators bring to the battlefield.

U.S. Air Force Col. Mason Dula (right), Special Warfare Training Wing commander, speaks with Technical Sgt. Amber Swearengin (left), Secretary of the Air Force Legislative Liaison during a tour of the Special Warfare Training Wing’s facilities on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, Feb. 23, 2022. A delegation of U.S. Senate staff members visited the SWTW to learn more about Air Force Special Warfare and the unique capabilities AFSPECWAR operators bring to the battlefield.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew McMurtry, 353rd Special Warfare Training Squadron commander (far right), briefs a delegation of U.S. Senate staff members from across the United States on the Tactical Air Control Party training pipeline on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, Feb. 23, 2022. The delegation visited the Special Warfare Training Wing to learn more about Air Force Special Warfare and the unique capabilities AFSPECWAR operators bring to the battlefield.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Popovic (far right), Special Warfare Training Wing command chief, briefs a delegation of U.S. Senate staff members from across the United States on the significance of the SWTW memorial site overlooking the construction site of a new, $66.6M aquatics training facility that will accommodate training for over 3,000 Air Force Special Warfare trainees annually when complete on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, Feb. 23, 2022.. The delegation visited the Special Warfare Training Wing to learn more about Air Force Special Warfare and the unique capabilities AFSPECWAR operators bring to the battlefield.

Mr. William Crouch (center), Legislative Correspondent for Senator Thom Tillis, performs a reaction time training exercise during a tour of the Special Warfare Human Performance Training Facility on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, Feb. 23, 2022. A delegation of U.S. Senate staff members from across the United States visited the Special Warfare Training Wing to learn more about Air Force Special Warfare and the unique capabilities AFSPECWAR operators bring to the battlefield.