2025年2月13日 · JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Air Force Combat Arms Training and Maintenance career field achieved a significant milestone Feb. 4 with the graduation of the first CATM instructor course.

39th SFS enhances lethality, readiness at CATM. Airmen from the 39th Security Forces Squadron set targets downrange during a Combat Arms Training and Maintenance course at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 27, 2025. Weapons training proficiency ensures Airmen are capable and confident when handling their weapons.

2025年2月4日 · U.S. Air Force defenders assigned to the 374th Security Forces Squadron fire M870 shotguns during the Defender’s Qualification Course at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 30, 2025. A priority of the course is to instill confidence within 374 SFS Defenders so that they maintain the capability to employ weapons in offensive and defensive roles.

Combat Arms Training and Maintenance (CATM), or simply Combat Arms, are United States Air Force Security Forces personnel who train base populace on the use of small arms, oversee, maintain and repair all small arms in the U.S. Air Force inventory. [1]

2010年8月9日 · US Air Force Security Forces Combat Arms or CATM provide military firearms instruction for the United States Air Force (USAF), Department of Defense (DOD)

2024年11月26日 · U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Salcido, 354th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms Training and Maintenance instructor, advises an Airman on a zeroing target at a CATM course at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 23, 2024. The CATM flight is responsible for training Airmen across the installation on small arms to be fit for deployment.

2016年11月8日 · The 99th SFS CATM offers a wide variety of weapons classes to prepare deploying Airmen for whatever real world scenario that may be ahead of them. “We have all the basic Air Force weapons...

2022年8月29日 · During CATM, Airmen are taught general safety rules, how to properly clear out a weapon and to treat the weapons as if they are loaded at all times. Due to the current rebuild state of Tyndall Air Force Base, the 325th SFS utilizes off-base ranges to …

2025年2月5日 · The 31st Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms Training and Maintenance team highlights the mission of CATM and why their team stands out as one of the best in the Air Force at Aviano Air Base,...

2024年4月30日 · The Combat Arms Working Group, a joint effort between the Air Force Security Forces Center, Headquarters Air Force Security Forces and major command representatives, is focused on evolving CATM for the first time since a Security Forces merger in 1997, said Chief Master Sgt. Donald Gallagher, SF career field manager.