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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 3107295" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>USAF special operations personnel such as Combat Controllers (CCTs) and Pararescuemen (PJs) have been integrated into joint special operations teams for several decades. Combat Controllers specialize in coordinating and directing the wide range of air assets that are made available to small teams in hostile environments, and PJs are regarded as among the highest trained/capable medical and recovery assets in the U.S. military. One of the famous pictures of the "Horse Soldiers" taken in the early days in Afghanistan was actually a USAF CCT.</p><p></p><p>They are "force multipliers". The presence of a CCT member on a small team allows the rest of the unit to focus on it's primary mission while benefiting from highly accurate air support, which needs to be coordinated from the ground for maximum effect. The presence of a PJ allows those same team members to continue the fight/mission while benefiting from top notch medical care in austere environments, including field surgery, trauma treatment and stabilization and preparation for air evac/transport.</p><p></p><p>CCTs and PJs meet extremely high physical standards and attend dive school, jump school, free fall school, and extensive combat skills training etc...in short, they are more than capable of "hacking it" with the best the SEALs and Green Berets have to offer, and they've demonstrated it for a very long time. You'll never see a SEAL turn his nose up at the opportunity to have a CCT or PJ along for the ride.</p><p></p><p>Another USAF special operations Airman died in the battle of Robert's Ridge that took Chapman's life, Pararescueman Jason Cunningham. He repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to evacuate wounded Rangers from a disabled helicopter, treated his patients under fire, all while being critically wounded himself. He was awarded the Air Force Cross.</p><p></p><p>As far as Chappy being left behind, it was simply an unavoidable tragedy. It was night, the unit was isolated, pinned down and getting shot to sh%t. The team leader made a judgement call based on his determination that Chappy was dead (no sign of breathing and he couldn't find a pulse. In the dark, under night vision goggles, in the cold, under intense enemy small arms and RPG fire). They did not have the ability to carry him out...they were literally running/fighting for their lives on the side of a mountain. I won't judge him for it.</p><p></p><p>(There are other USAF special operations Airmen in the ground combat mix too...Combat Weather, Tactical Air Control Party specialists (TACP) etc...)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMS, post: 3107295, member: 42"] USAF special operations personnel such as Combat Controllers (CCTs) and Pararescuemen (PJs) have been integrated into joint special operations teams for several decades. Combat Controllers specialize in coordinating and directing the wide range of air assets that are made available to small teams in hostile environments, and PJs are regarded as among the highest trained/capable medical and recovery assets in the U.S. military. One of the famous pictures of the "Horse Soldiers" taken in the early days in Afghanistan was actually a USAF CCT. They are "force multipliers". The presence of a CCT member on a small team allows the rest of the unit to focus on it's primary mission while benefiting from highly accurate air support, which needs to be coordinated from the ground for maximum effect. The presence of a PJ allows those same team members to continue the fight/mission while benefiting from top notch medical care in austere environments, including field surgery, trauma treatment and stabilization and preparation for air evac/transport. CCTs and PJs meet extremely high physical standards and attend dive school, jump school, free fall school, and extensive combat skills training etc...in short, they are more than capable of "hacking it" with the best the SEALs and Green Berets have to offer, and they've demonstrated it for a very long time. You'll never see a SEAL turn his nose up at the opportunity to have a CCT or PJ along for the ride. Another USAF special operations Airman died in the battle of Robert's Ridge that took Chapman's life, Pararescueman Jason Cunningham. He repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to evacuate wounded Rangers from a disabled helicopter, treated his patients under fire, all while being critically wounded himself. He was awarded the Air Force Cross. As far as Chappy being left behind, it was simply an unavoidable tragedy. It was night, the unit was isolated, pinned down and getting shot to sh%t. The team leader made a judgement call based on his determination that Chappy was dead (no sign of breathing and he couldn't find a pulse. In the dark, under night vision goggles, in the cold, under intense enemy small arms and RPG fire). They did not have the ability to carry him out...they were literally running/fighting for their lives on the side of a mountain. I won't judge him for it. (There are other USAF special operations Airmen in the ground combat mix too...Combat Weather, Tactical Air Control Party specialists (TACP) etc...) [/QUOTE]
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