#pararescue jumper
And then train some more.
U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron prepare to debark the U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter to participate in Mass Casualty Exercise 12-1 which started in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti. The exercise followed a fictitious storyline, but called for the employment of real-world assets. While French and U.S. forces conduct frequent combined training events, this was the first exercise of this type between the two nations in Djibouti. The U.S. forces involved are assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA. CJTF-HOA works with coalition partners, such as the French, and with countries in East Africa to promote regional security and stability.
(Photo by Staff Sergeant Christopher Ruano, 25 SEP 2012. Source.)
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Jolly Green Giant!
Tech. Sgt. John Arquitola, 33rd Expeditionary Helicopter Maintenance Unit HH-60G Pave Hawk weapons section expeditor, inspects and cleans a mounted .50-caliber machine gun on a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jeff Nevison, 24 May 2012 via DVIDS.)
[Posting this one for the gunporn. And the patch, of course. -R]
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