A United States Air Force pilot attending an escape and evasion course sips from a Coke can. With a Coca-Cola drinks vending machine behind him, loaded with Coke, the military airman is taking a break from a classroom briefing held at the United States Air Force’s week-long survival course held at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. Its highly trained personnel conduct a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and aircrew need to pass before re-joining their units for real-time warfare. Conducted, in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service.