Snapshot: Base clinic crippled by two exercise active shooters

Tech. Sgt. Rouven Sefcik, 436th Medical Operations Squadron mental health flight chief, runs in the Medical Clinic lobby looking for potential victims during an active shooter exercise Sept. 12, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Sefcik and Tech. Sgt Jason Walls, 436th MDOS family health flight chief, played the roles of active shooters who mortally wounded 436th Medical Group personnel and first responders, as well as taking numerous hostages during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Snapshot: Base clinic crippled by two exercise active shooters

Three Delaware State Police troopers approach the entrance of the Base Clinic during an active shooter exercise Sept. 12, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. More than 30 DSP personnel assisted the 436th Security Forces Squadron to help neutralize the active shooters during this joint training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Snapshot: Base clinic crippled by two exercise active shooters

Two Delaware State Police Special Weapons and Tactics team members take positions outside of the Mental Health clinic during an active shooter exercise Sept. 12, 2017, at the Base Clinic, Dover Air Force Base, Del. DSP SWAT team members breached a door to neutralize the second exercise active shooter and rescue numerous hostages. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Snapshot: Base clinic crippled by two exercise active shooters

Staff Sgt. Jesse Johnson, 436th Security Forces Squadron response force leader, stands guard in the Mental Health clinic lobby during an active shooter exercise Sept. 12, 2017, at the Base Clinic, Dover Air Force Base, Del. Johnson made phone contact with the exercise active shooter who barricaded himself in the clinic, along with an undetermined number of hostages, wounded individuals, or casualties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Snapshot: Base clinic crippled by two exercise active shooters

Lt. Col. Timothy Williams, 436th Airlift Wing director of staff, right, answers questions from Team Dover personnel posing as members of the press during an active shooter exercise Sept. 12, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Left to right, Senior Airman Moss Purcell, 436th Aerospace Medicine Squadron public health technician; Airman 1st Class Robert Izumikawa, 436th Medical Support Squadron medical laboratory technician; and Sgt. Richard Bratz, Delaware State Police public information officer, played the roles of persistent press members who asked Williams about the active shooter situation at the Base Clinic. The simulated press conference was used as a training opportunity for wing leadership to communicate to the media regarding potential real-world occurrences in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Snapshot: Base clinic crippled by two exercise active shooters

Published Sept. 18, 2017
By Roland Balik
436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. --