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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Schriever Air Force Base is commonly known for it's space and satellite communications.

However, several service men and women stationed at Schriever also deploy from the base every year.

"We deploy with our fellow airmen all over the world all the time," Colonel Jonathan Webb, 50th Mission Support Group Commander, said.

In order to prepare for their numerous deployments, airmen go through Ability to Survive and Operate Training. The program trains for various situations, including chemical scenarios, medical response and securing forces.

"All airmen do it," Webb said. "They do it in basic training. Officers do it in officer basic. [They] are the skills that we need to maintain and we have the training so we don't lose proficiency and are ready to deploy."

Staff Sgt. Don Dalrose is currently stationed at Schriever with the 50th Communications Squadron. He has deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq and said the training program on base helped him during his time overseas.

"Muscle memory is key," he said. "The last thing you want to do is get out into a combat or hostile situation and just be able to think about stuff. The more you think, the more that happens. So we need to train our body, our minds to be able to react to situations."

Dalrose recently went through other combat skills training in Indiana. He said it was the skills he obtained there and at Schriever AFB that he applied when he was in a real-world combat scenario.

"If our convoy did come under attack, there was a suicide bomber or people got injured," Dalrose said, "instead of falling back and not knowing what to do, we were well prepared. We armed ourselves with knowledge, and that's what allowed us all to come home safely."

Members of the 50th Space Wing train in the Ability to Survive and Operate program every two weeks.

FOX21's Kelly Werthmann participated in the training program Tuesday morning. Click on the video above to see what she had to do.