HBO's Cathouse Series' Air Force Amy--Claims to Have Trained 44 Men "at a Time" to "Stay Alive" While Defending a Runway

On Judge Pirro, she claimed that as an Air Base Ground Defense Instructor, she took 44 men out to the field for two weeks at a time to teach them how to defend a runway.

Let's step back and look at what she has claimed so far.

She's an E-4, not yet a non-commissioned officer (NCO). She claimed to have worked with Special Forces elements from other branches of the military. She takes these people "out in the field" for two weeks... to defend a runway. She's got less than 5 years in the military. As a Senior Airman, she's training people with combat related specialties.

Air Base Ground Defense is an Air Force counterpart to the Navy's Master at Arms and the Army's Military Police. Their job is all spectrum of base defense. This includes perimeter defense in the combat theater. Prior to 1996, the Air Force's security detail had two main functions: Law enforcement, and force protection. After the Khobar Tower's Bombing, their job took on more complex roles.

This transformation caused multiple specialties to form within this job specialty. Air Force Specialty Codes were created for these different specialties. Air Force Amy, who served from 1984 to 1989 (or 1985 to 1990), claims AFSC of 3P0X1; which falls under Security Forces. There was an "A" or "B" after that code. "A" was for dog handling, and "B" was for basic arms.

Combat arms specialties from other branches, especially the Special Forces, already have their own procedures for security on a runway. These procedures include 360 security after disembarking from the bird, proceeding to a rendezvous point after disembarking from the bird, or setting up security away from the bird in a designated area/sector.

Those are just a few examples of how they'd tackle security on a runway.

If an entire runway needs defending, it's usually in the process of securing an enemy air base. That's when you set up defensive positions in covered and concealed areas overlooking the runway... as well as avenues of approaches to the runway.

Air Force Amy would've been involved with routine force protection around an air field... in a garrison environment... in the United States.

You generally don't waste Special Forces or conventional infantry units for that duty. That's base security's domain. Since she operated in a garrison environment, there would've been no need for trainees to be out in the field for two weeks.