The Problem A common mistake guys consistently make when training for selection is how and where they focus their energy while training. Too often, candidates are spending time in the exact opposite manner as they should be to prepare for what could be considered the biggest hurdle of their entire life. Battlefield Airmen selection […]
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From 18 WG Public Affairs: *Specialtactics.com Note: The STS/RQS support staff is what makes a battlefield airman unit run on the inside. While operators are out upgrading and training, the selfless backside support is scheduling your ranges, ensuring you have the right equipment, making sure you get paid, and keeping the bulk of the mundane
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From the 24 SOW HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — The steel enforced car bomb barreled relentlessly toward the joint special operations team … it seemingly came from nowhere. A Special Tactics operator, exposed in an open turret hatch, began to fire the Humvee-mounted M2 machinegun into the large pickup truck, as it hurtled closer and closer.
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From DVIDS MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI, UNITED STATES 01.23.2018 Story by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy 24th Special Operations Wing The police officers rush into the compound, weapons drawn, shouting orders at the men inside the building to surrender. Shots ring out, spent rounds discharge and the police retreat, leaving one officer behind with a gunshot
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FROM AF.MIL The Air Force began the rollout of Tier 2 physical training standards as more than 100 battlefield Airmen demonstrated new career field specific testing components at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, Jan. 9, 2018. The adoption of the Tier 2 standards will exempt battlefield Airmen from three of the four components of the
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A documentary covering the history of USAF Special tactics 2nd Place-Documentary Category 2012 U.S. Air Force Visual Information Production Awards
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From the PJ Pool Wizard Series. How to improve your eggbeater technique The Egg Beater can be a difficult skill to master. For some guys, this technique can come quickly. For others, it takes months and months of practice for your legs to finally get the motion down. It boils down to flexibility, technique, glute
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From DVIDS: A convoy of military vehicles rolled over gravel roads and splashed dust into the cool air. Polish 18th Airborne Battalion infantrymen exited their vehicles and began preparing their equipment. Nearby, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sam Salcedo, 146th Air Support Operations Squadron tactical air control party specialist, was also prepping his equipment. He
This episode discusses historical aspects of aeromedical evacuation and goes into some detail of the three platforms operating out of helmand province in OEF. These were Army Dustoff, Air Force Rescue (PEDRO) and the British MERT platforms. The information is from a Journal of Trauma paper discussing the way forward for FAME ( forward aeromedical
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