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Big changes confirmed for Special Warfare enlistments

Starting in April 2020, the Air Force will change how recruits enlist in Special Warfare specialties. The new changes provide a single lane for all AFSPECWAR recruits under the program name Special Warfare Operator Enlistment Vectoring (or SWOE-V) and removes specific AFSC enlistment. The new program affects Pararescue, Combat Control, Special Reconnaissance and Tactical Air …

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Pentagon approves Humanitarian Service Medal for Pararescue teams’ 2017 Hurricane responses

The Joint Staff recently approved the Humanitarian Service Medal for the DoD’s response to a trifecta of devastating Hurricanes in 2017. From August through October, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria ripped through the Caribbean and southern United States. The U.S. military’s response was substantial, including multiple Air Force Pararescue teams. Other Air Force and U.S. …

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Pararescue Chief CZ’s Carnivore Leadership Vol 3–Hitting the Target

To honor Pararescue Chief Ramon Colon-Lopez’s recent selection to the highest enlisted position in the military, we are publishing his 5-part must-read Carnivore Leadership series. Chief “CZ’s” papers can be applied to everyone in and out of the military and will make you a better AFSPECWAR applicant, operator, leader and person. Enjoy the third round: …

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67th SOS Air Commandos team up with sister unit to conduct unique personnel recovery exercise

Story from DVIDS RAF Mildenhall, England — U.S. Airmen from the 67th Special Operations Squadron, assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Wing, stationed at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, took on unique challenges as they conducted a deliberate, personnel recovery exercise alongside the 56th and 57th Air Rescue Squadron, based out of Aviano Air Base, Feb. …

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An Unlikely Legend: Charlie the PJ

Find out why this ugly, beaten up statue is so loved in the PJ community. Read all about Charlie on our dedicated CHARLIE THE PJ page. After more Pararescue history? Check out our page dedicated to PJ history- from WWII to present day. CLICK HERE

Sweat Science: Don’t Waste Your Breath (Podcast)

[spp-player url=”https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/outsidepodcast/cdn-outside.prx.org/wp-content/uploads/Sweat-Science_Hypoxia.mp3″]Podcast By Outside Magazine.  Copyright is owned by the publisher and audio streamed from their servers. A PJ candidate uncovers the science behind the challenges of underwater confidence drills at the Air Force’s most grueling school; Pararescue Indoctrination. Most notably, the 50m underwater is known as being one of the hardest single challenges- with …

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No one left behind: Airmen train as elite personnel recovery teams

AFGHANISTAN 11.10.2018 Story by Senior Airman Rito Smith 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs   “It is my duty as a pararescueman to save lives and to aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts. These things I do, …

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No one left behind: Airmen train as elite personnel recovery teams

Courtesy: DVIDS “It is my duty as a pararescueman to save lives and to aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts. These things I do, that others may live.”After 581 days of training, this group of …

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