[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Spec Ops Pic Thread (Page 41 of 68)
President of the Republic of Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks with a Green Beret from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Tegucigalpa, Honduras., April. 07, 2014. President Hernandez visited the TIGRES (Toma Integral Gubermental de Repuesta Especial de Seguridad) training compound to meet trainees and was given a tour by soldiers from 7SFG(A) and Junglas from the Columbian National Police. The TIGRES will be the force of choice for the Honduran government with seeking to capture high value targets such as narcotraffiking and criminal leadership.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Steven K. Young) 
A Green Beret from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) walks with TIGRES trainees during advanced rifle marksmanship training taken during a tour for the President of the Republic of Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez Tegucigalpa, Honduras., April. 07, 2014. (U.S. Army photos by Spc. Steven K. Young) |
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http://thelaymansperch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/387032.jpg Lt. Col. Brian Filler, left, air liaison officer, and Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Oliver, a joint terminal attack controller, prepare to sleep in austere conditions upon a remote mountaintop during Operation Bull Whip in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2011. The airmen are assigned to Bagram Air Field's 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, and were responsible for controlling air assets during the clearing operation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Erick Saks) I don't recognize the Col's jacket. Anyone that does? Looks like it might be a Wild Things jacket. |
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Quoted: Looks like it might be a Wild Things jacket. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: http://thelaymansperch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/387032.jpg Lt. Col. Brian Filler, left, air liaison officer, and Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Oliver, a joint terminal attack controller, prepare to sleep in austere conditions upon a remote mountaintop during Operation Bull Whip in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2011. The airmen are assigned to Bagram Air Field's 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, and were responsible for controlling air assets during the clearing operation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Erick Saks) I don't recognize the Col's jacket. Anyone that does? Looks like it might be a Wild Things jacket. |
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http://thelaymansperch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/387032.jpg Lt. Col. Brian Filler, left, air liaison officer, and Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Oliver, a joint terminal attack controller, prepare to sleep in austere conditions upon a remote mountaintop during Operation Bull Whip in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2011. The airmen are assigned to Bagram Air Field's 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, and were responsible for controlling air assets during the clearing operation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Erick Saks) I don't recognize the Col's jacket. Anyone that does? Looks like it might be a Wild Things jacket. They looked familiar...I have a few of those that are an earlier version. |
Staff Sgt. Matthew Boesch and Cpt. Steven Crowe, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), drag a simulated casualty between obstacles while competing at the 31st Annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition, Fort Benning, Ga., April 11, 2014. The three-day competition consists of various challenging events, placing two-man teams in physically and mentally strenuous situations, ultimately testing their prowess based on a scoring system. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel P. Shook) 
Capt. Steven Crowe and Staff Sgt. Mathew Boesch, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), cross the finish line after completing the final buddy run while competing at the 31st Annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition, Fort Benning, Ga., April 11, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel P. Shook) |
An assistant detachment commander, center, briefs fellow Green Berets with 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) before a training mission to help set conditions for a planned airborne assault by soldiers assigned to 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division during a training exercise at Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La., April 12, 2014. During the mission, soldiers with 4-25 and support soldiers from 5th SFG (A) role-played as members of a foreign army during an exercise designed to test and strengthen interdependence between conventional and special operations forces. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Klutts, 20th Public Affairs Detachment) 
A U.S. Army Green Beret, center, with 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) teaches members of a host nation force, played by Soldiers with 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, how to assign sectors of fire before a training mission at Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La., April 12, 2014. The mission helped set conditions for a planned airborne assault by roughly 1,000 Soldiers assigned to 4-25. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Klutts, 20th Public Affairs Detachment) |
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U.S. airmen provide over watch and call in air support in Jaghato, Afghanistan, May 1, 2010. The airmen are assigned to Joint Terminal Attack Control Operations on Contingency Operating Post Jaghato. (DoD photo by Spc. De'Yonte Mosley, U.S. Army) 
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Nate, Staff Sgts. Mike and Sal, and Capts. Justin and Jay, combat control pararescuemen and officers, perform operational readiness checks on their equipment before deploying to an undisclosed location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom March 27, 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton T. Burris) 
Capt. Bruce Allen, a U.S. Air Force combat control team member, uses a field radio to help coordinate search and rescue operations with Marine Corps personnel during a simulated extraction exercise, part of Exercise Solid Shield '87. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Kit Thompson, U.S. Air Force) Staff Sgt. Marc Esposito 
U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party personnel prepare for a training mission involving an Army national Guard Chinook Thursday morning at the Georgia Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah. The airmen typically serve on the ground embedded with Army units to communicate with airplanes and helicopters that support the mission from the air. |
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If there are any shitheads out there still alive after an encounter with this cat, I guarantee they see this image in their nightmares. |
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If there are any shitheads out there still alive after an encounter with this cat, I guarantee they see this image in their nightmares. Cats always give me nightmares to 
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Some thoughts from the man himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-foM-eVBYU |
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Quoted: Quoted:If there are any shitheads out there still alive after an encounter with this cat, I guarantee they see this image in their nightmares. Some thoughts from the man himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-foM-eVBYU Cool. I took a few "classes" from a retired Army guy who employed the video method in the same way and it really works. Showed me all my mistakes, bad habits, etc. Too bad his business didn't catch on here.
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Old School SF (note the cool gloves) <a href="http://s88.photobucket.com/user/sfdude/media/Private/SFGuy-1984-blackout.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k162/sfdude/Private/SFGuy-1984-blackout.jpg</a> Nice pic, Nick. Thank you. |
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (middle) speaks with Lt. Gen. Robert W. Wagner (right), commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, and Col. Curtis Boyd, commander of the 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne), during a visit to Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 23, 2008. Gates toured several facilities used to train Army Special Operations Forces during the vist. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tony Hawkins, USASOC PAO) DoD photos by Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison 
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta greets Colombian Special Forces after a demonstration of their skills in Tolemaida, Colombia, April 23, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Brazil, Colombia and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperation. (DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy) 
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Chilean Minister of National Defense Andres Allamand speak with Chilean Special Forces soldiers after a demonstration of their capabilities at Los Candores Air Base, Iquique, Chile, on April 27, 2012. Chile is the final stop on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Brazil, Colombia and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperation. (DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy) |
Pararescuemen assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and U.S. Army Specialist Matthew Shaw prepare a U.S. Army tactical explosive detection dog to be hoisted into an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a rescue training evolution at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 21, 2013. More than 15 U.S. Army TED dogs and their handlers participated in the training. This is the first time the 83rd RQS has participated in dog rescue training with the U.S. Army here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade) 
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Fischman, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescueman, secures a harness to a U.S. Army tactical explosive detection dog prior to hoisting into a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a training scenario at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 21. This harness was specifically created for this training by pararescueman assigned to the 83rd ERQS. Fischman is deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade) 
Airman 1st Class Jason Fischman, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescueman, hoists a U.S. Army tactical explosive detection dog into a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a joint rescue training scenario at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 21, 2013. This training was a first for both branches and prepared them for future rescue missions. Fischman is deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade) 
Airman 1st Class Jason Fischman, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescueman, U.S. Army Sergeant Nina Alero, tactical explosive detection dog handler and her dog Rex, step off a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during rescue training at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 21. This training was a first for both branches and prepared them for future rescue missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade) |
Individual Training Course students with Marine Special Operations School at Stone Bay, Camp Lejeune, N.C., participate in the field training exercise Raider Spirit. Raider Spirit is an eight-day culminating event for the first phase of ITC training, where students run light infantry scenarios as a field team. Throughout the exercise, student teams face many challenges as a result of an operationally restrictive scenario and numerous long distance foot movements with little sleep. (U.S. Marine Corp photos by Cpl. Donovan Lee) |
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greets Lieutenant General Joseph L. Votel, commander of Joint Special Operations Command, at Fort Bragg, N.C. on April 23, 2014. Hagel is traveling to Ft. Bragg to visit military members with the command, receive briefings and view unit demonstrations and capabilities. (DoD photos by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo) 
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A U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party specialist, left, observes a compass and the area while a combat controller talks on a radio for close air support during Emerald Warrior 14 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 1, 2014. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command-sponsored two-week joint/combined tactical exercise designed to provide realistic military training in an urban setting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colville McFee) 
A soldier with the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) signals to fellow soldiers before fast-rope training from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during Emerald Warrior 14 in Gulfport, Miss., April 30, 2014. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command-sponsored two-week joint/combined tactical exercise designed to provide realistic military training in an urban setting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jodi Martinez) 
U.S. Army soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) move a combat rubber raiding craft motor in preparation for helocast training during Emerald Warrior 14 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 2, 2014. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command-sponsored two-week joint/combined tactical exercise designed to provide realistic military training in an urban setting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Byers) |
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The 30th anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979-1980 was observed Jan. 20-22 with 15 former captives and five members of the rescue team returning to West Point, the site of their original homecoming in January 1981. The entire Corps of Cadet formed a cordon along Thayer Walkway to salute and cheer their arrival at 9:10 a.m. Jan. 21 as the group started their day's activities, which will include panel discussions with cadets and faculty, plus lunch in the Cadet Mess Hall. Retired Lt. Col. Logan Fitch, a member of the rescue team, catches up with another member of the group. (Photo by Tommy Gilligan, West Point Public Affairs) 
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Col. Cordell DeLaPena (left), Airborne Network Division director, presents a gift to Wade Ishimoto, Special Assistant to the Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy May 25, 2011 at the Minuteman Club. Mr. Ishimoto, the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month luncheon guest speaker, was one of the original members of 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, which was formed in 1977. He also served as the intelligence officer and security team leader on the April 1980 attempt to rescue 53 Americans in Iran. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt) |
U.S. soldiers, attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, practice shooting mortars on a weapons range near Kabul province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2014. U.S. soldiers train to maintain and improve their battle skills as well as training Afghan forces. (U.S. Army photos by Spc. Connor Mendez) 
U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers practice clearing rooms in a shoot house near Kabul province, Afghanistan, May 9, 2014. USSF maintain battle operation skills to keep proficiency while conducting operations with Afghan forces. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Connor Mendez) |
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IRAQ (Feb. 1, 2007): Lt. Brandon Scott, an instructor pilot with Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-122, crouches beside a wall. Scott is serving in Iraq as an Individual Augmentee for Naval Special Warfare as forward air controller and air officer for his task unit by coordinating close air support missions and passenger movements. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy) 
Petty Officer 1st Class Zack Schaffer, U.S. Navy SEAL and an advanced training instructor, engages targets during a close quarters defense hooded-box drill at Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command. The drill tests operators’ ability to quickly react to lethal and non-lethal threats with the appropriate use of force. Individual augmentees are used as role players during each scenario. |
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A Philippine Special Operations Forces soldier prepares to conduct high-altitude low-opening jumps with Australian and U.S. SOF at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, May 7, 2014. Philippine, Australian and U.S. Special Operations Forces will be training together over the next three weeks during Balikatan 2014. The Armed Forces Philippines and U.S. have had a long-standing relationship and welcome the Australian Defence Forces increasing participation in Balikatan. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Staff Sgt. Pete Thibodeau) |
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Philippine and Australian Special Operations Forces soldiers wait to conduct high-altitude low-opening jumps with U.S. SOF at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, May 7, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Pete Thibodeau) 
An Australian Special Operations Forces soldier puts his parachute away after a high-altitude low-opening jump with Philippine and U.S. SOF at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, May 7, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Pete Thibodeau) 
U.S. Special Operations Forces soldiers walk to a MV-22 Osprey to conduct a high-altitude low-opening jump with Philippine and Australian SOF at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, May 7, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Pete Thibodeau) |
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http://thelaymansperch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1320838.jpg http://thelaymansperch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1320869.jpg A Philippine Special Operations Forces soldier prepares to conduct high-altitude low-opening jumps with Australian and U.S. SOF at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, May 7, 2014. Philippine, Australian and U.S. Special Operations Forces will be training together over the next three weeks during Balikatan 2014. The Armed Forces Philippines and U.S. have had a long-standing relationship and welcome the Australian Defence Forces increasing participation in Balikatan. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Staff Sgt. Pete Thibodeau) Buddy of mine this past week, getting ready to jump from the Osprey in the background. He and his boys have been a mite busy down south, recently, so it was a nice change. He said they jumped from 10,000ft., with a forward airspeed of about 130knots indicated. He posted this pic publicly, and the ASG and BIFF already know who he is (  ), so no OPSEC problem.
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8/21/2012 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Guastella, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander (front right), prepares to board a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter with pararescue jumpers and combat rescue officers assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2012. Guastella took part in a nearly two hour training mission with PJs and CROs of the 83 ERQS, also known as the “Pedros,” to see firsthand how they contribute to the war on terrorism here in Afghanistan. Guastella expressed his appreciation for their efforts and for their part in continuing to making the mission a success. (U.S. Air Force photos by SSgt Jeff Nevison)
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U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers in Iraq, 2002 http://thelaymansperch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/OIFSF.jpg (Photo by John Moore/Getty) This is actually ODA 924 when they landed in AFG in 2002. MAJ Randy Watt in the front right, and over his shoulder is my old shooting partner, SGM Davies (Ret). It was taken by a member of the ADVON as they dropped the ramp. Randy has this same pic hanging on his I-love-me-wall at the Swanson Center. |
Staff Sgt. Louis J. Garcia, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, hoists flight medic, Staff Sgt. Tym L. Larson, and an unidentified member of the special forces into the helicopter during a joint personnel recovery exercise May 14, 2014 at Meter Crater which is 20 miles west of Winslow, AZ. Garcia and Larson, who are with Detachment 1, C Company, 5-159th Air Ambulance out of Phoenix, extracted 5 people from the craters center during a span of approximately 12 minutes. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brian A. Barbour) 
U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Special Operations Command, in the back, support U.S. Army Rangers during the last leg of the Operation One Voice Warrior Challenge 2012 in Buford, Ga., Aug. 18. Operation One Voices is an organization solely dedicated to assisting service members in the special operation forces community and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryan A. Peterson) |
CLACKAMAS, Ore. -- The Oregon Air National Guard is scheduled to honor a group of Airmen with the 125th Special Tactics Squadron, with a Silver Star and Bronze Star medals, during a ceremony on Monday, March 24, at 2:00 p.m. at the 41st Infantry Division Armed Forces Reserve Center at Camp Withycombe, located at 15300 SE Minuteman Way, in Clackamas, Ore. Scheduled to attend are Lt. Gen. Eric E. Fiel, Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.; Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, Director, Air National Guard, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; and Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, Adjutant General, Oregon. The Airmen scheduled to be recognized are Tech. Sgt. Doug Matthews with the Silver Star; Staff Sgt. Matthew Matlock with the Bronze Star Medal with Valor and second Oak Leaf Cluster; Staff Sgt. Christopher Jones with the Bronze Star with Valor and first Oak Leaf Cluster; and Tech. Sgt. George Thompson with the Bronze Star. |
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Josh Gavulic, a special tactics airman, far left, stands with members of the 17th Special Tactics Squadron at Fort Benning, Ga. Gavulic died in a parachuting accident on Feb. 21, 2014. (Tactical Air Control Party Association) 
One of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2012, SMSgt. Luke W. Thompson is a combat controller with the Oregon Air National Guard's 125th Special Tactics Squadron at Portland Airport. Thompson led an expeditionary special tactics squadron in Afghanistan, preparing 85 battlefield airmen to support two combined joint special operations task forces. He enabled 55 operators to conduct more than 1,200 combat missions, including capturing 241 high-value targets, and provided 50 combat controllers to conduct village stability operations behind enemy lines. His management also enabled joint terminal attack controllers to deliver 142 lethal air strikes to the enemy. He was the driving force in construction of a multimillion-dollar special tactics operations center to enhance combat capability in theater. He was also the architect for the ANG special tactics growth plan and engineered the first ANG special tactics mobilization, providing 27 battlefield airmen to US Central Command. Thompson's home of record is Battle Ground, Wash. 
A member of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Special Tactics Squadron defends a vehicle during training at Zussman Range at Fort Knox, Ky., on Nov. 21, 2013. The airman and his teammates were practicing insertions, extractions and close-quarters combat in a simulated Afghan village. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck) 
Oregon Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Dan Gruber, of the 125th Special Tactics Squadron, shows U.S. Ambassador Dan Mozena some of his unit's equipment during Mozena's visit to the Portland Air National Guard Base in Portland, Ore., June 27, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Nick Choy, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs) 
Master Sgt. Edgar Rodriguez of the 146th ASOS, Oklahoma Air National Guard, prepares to conduct search and rescue operations in Moore, Okla., in response to the May 20, 2013, EF-4 tornado that ripped through the center of town. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kendall James) |
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM — U.S. Air Force Pararescue airmen with the 301st Rescue Squadron return with a pilot after successfully rescuing him during an April 8, 2003 mission at a forward-deployed location in southern Iraq. Pararescue airmen, also known as PJs, are the only Department of Defense specialty specifically trained and equipped to conduct conventional or unconventional rescue operations. A PJ’s primary function is as a personnel recovery specialist, with emergency medical capabilities in humanitarian and combat environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo) 
U.S. Air Force Pararescue Senior Airman Corey Farr of the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron repels from a HH-60G Pave Hawk during operational training in Iraq on Sept. 19, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon) 
U.S. Air Force Pararescue Senior Airman Corey Farr (right), Staff Sgt. Jeremy Diola (center) and Senior Master Sgt. Michael Fleming of the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pull security after exiting an HH-60G Pave Hawk during an operational training exercise in Iraq on Sept. 19, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon) |
Philippine Army Special Forces soldiers with Special Operations Command, stationed at Fort Magsaysay and U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, board a KC-130J “Sumos”, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, for High Altitude Low Opening military freefall jumps during the Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise for Balikatan 2014 at Fort Magsaysay, Republic of the Philippines, May 15, 2014. This year marks the 30th iteration of Balikatan, which is an annual Republic of the Philippines-U.S. military bilateral training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Allison DeVries) 
A Philippine Army Special Forces soldier with Special Operations Command and a U.S. Army jumpmaster with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) observe the landing zone from a KC-130J assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Allison DeVries) 
A Philippine Army Special Forces soldier, right, with Special Operations Command, a U.S. Army jumpmaster, center, with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), and a U.S. Marine Corps crew master with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, discuss safety before performing High Altitude Low Opening military freefall jumps during Balikatan 2014 at Fort Magsaysay, Republic of the Philippines, May 14, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Allison DeVries) 
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Declassified footage from the Balikatan exercise referenced above is now hitting. First one is of my buddy Jess describing the exercise, and the importance of the bond between the American and Filipino militaries. The second is of AFP SF jumping a USMC KC-130J. Another one of my drinking buddies does some mid-flight "dirt diving" towards the middle. He is going to get ribbed mercilessly. The third one is of the some Philippine Marines with USAF PJs jumping static from an Osprey, with a couple of the PMC Force Recon guys coming in at the beginning via MC-4. The vids are pretty much like a real jump: Lots of lead up, and a short ride. I am most definitely not Special Operations, but it's nice to know a few guys that are.
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