Courtesy: DVIDS Staff Sgt. Jorge Hernandez, 26, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, died in an off duty incident in Nashville, Tennessee, Tuesday (1 Jan 2019). The incident is currently under investigation. Hernandez enlisted in the United States Air Force as a Special Tactics combat controller on Feb. 29, 2012. …
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Lt. Col. (Dr.) Arnold T. Stocker, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in Broward County, Florida, has served in the military for more than 40 years and operates South Florida Tactical Athletes, a preparatory school for those wishing to join the most coveted jobs the U.S. military has to offer. During his military career, Stocker …
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Personnel from Bagram Airfield and the Special Operations community gathered at the Memorial Courtyard at Camp Cunningham to recognize Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John A. Chapman. During the Medal of Honor commemoration ceremony, Airman from the 26th Expeditionary Special Tactics Squadron (ESTS) remembered the courage and …
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Operation Wild Boar, the mission to rescue 12 Thai children on a soccer team and their coach captured the world’s attention this summer. Derek, ST PJ and Team Leader on the mission, describes the mission drop, prep and on scene arrival. This is the first of several podcasts by Derek describing the mission and PJs’ …
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — On what would have been their 26th wedding anniversary, Tech. Sgt. John Chapman’s widow, Valerie Nessel, accepted his Medal of Honor from President Donald Trump during a ceremony at the White House Aug. 22. “We are gathered together this afternoon to pay tribute to a fallen warrior, a great warrior…and to award him …
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Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during a 2002 fight against al-Qaida in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense released a video Aug. 9, 2018, of Chapman’s last stand against an entrenched foe.
For the full spread of pictures of the PJs in Djibouti working w/ the Marines, visit DVIDS here.
//From Defense.gov// For the first time in the Defense Department, a series of career field specialties is using human performance monitoring and a data collection system, as well as specialized recruiters. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Jette undergoes a body composition measurement test at the 350th Battlefield Airman Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, …
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From Defense.gov Candidates training to be special operators evolve to the enemy that’s developing by adapting and trying to overcome it, two Air Force special-operator trainers said yesterday at the Pentagon in the Defense Department’s “Showcasing Lethality” briefing series. “From the battlefront and the training enterprise, from our standpoint, we are the foundation of what …
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COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, MS, UNITED STATES 06.15.2018 Story by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs Chief Master Sgt. Bradley Reilly wasn’t born with a scarlet beret in one hand and a land-to-air communications radio in the other. In fact, being a combat controller wasn’t his idea of a dream job …
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