BK

About the author

is a retired USAF PJ. Currently frantically checking the mailbox to see if there is any news regarding his Secret Service Application.

Gear and Clothing in Las Vegas: 2015 SHOT Show After Action Report

Everyone see what I did there? Alternative titles included, “Beer and Bloating” and “Sneers and Gloating,” both of which, while completely apropos, didn’t quite roll of the tongue the way I wanted them to. So we press on. SHOT show 2015! For those of you who aren’t familiar, this is the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor […]

Video Of PJ Jump On “Rebel Heart” Rescue Mission

If you haven’t heard about it yet, the PJs from the Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing jumped in to the Pacific Ocean, about 900 miles off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, to save a sick child at sea. The 129th put up this great video on their Facebook page, where you can see […]

Special Tactics Airmen Awarded Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart

With a staggering total of 6 Air Force Crosses, 30 Silver Stars, and hundreds of Bronze stars, the 24th Special Operations Wing of the USAF is easily the most highly decorated unit of the Air Force in the post-Vietnam era. In a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, 4 Airmen of the 24th SOW recently added to that […]

That Others May Live: 6 Long Island PJs Awarded Bronze Stars With Valor

December 6, 2013, Westhampton Beach, New York: The 103rd Rescue Squadron hosted a ceremony to commemorate the awarding of Bronze Stars with “V” device to six Air Force Pararescuemen for an extraordinary rescue mission under fire in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan last year. The Air National Guardsmen of the 103rd, made famous by their portrayal in the […]

Combat Rescue Officer Matthew Komatsu Pens First-Person Account of Camp Bastion attack

At around 10 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2012, 15 heavily armed insurgents penetrated the perimeter of Camp Bastion, a base in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Slipping through a hole in the wire, heavily armed and outfitted in American military uniforms, they wreaked havoc across the northeast flight line, killing two American Marines, wounding nine […]

PJ/Renowned Mountaineer Marty Schmidt & Son Denali Schmidt Remembered

Tragedy struck last weekend with the news that world-class climber and guide, Marty Schmidt, along with son Denali Schmidt, were killed when an avalanche struck their camp on the Pakistani mountain K2. Tributes to the father and son have been coming in from all corners of the globe. The Sydney Morning-Herald, Climbing Magazine, and Rock […]

Combat Controllers Bring Doom on Al Qaeda & The Taliban

If asked to name, without a shred of evidence or data for backup, three groups of American combatants that have caused the most mayhem and chaos in Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, these would be my guess: Apache helicopter pilot/gunners, AC-130 gunners, and Air Force Combat Controllers.  (Drone Operators… NO.) Please read this Air Force Times […]