A female Marine has passed the grueling Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Course (BRC). Earlier in November, Lance Corporal Alexa Barth became the first-ever female to graduate from the 12-week course. Although Lance Cpl. Barth has been awarded the coveted 0321 military occupational specialty (MOS), which distinguishes her as a Recon Marine, she is currently going […]
Al-Baghdadi might be dead, but the fight against ISIS is not. In the past weeks, the U.S. has been conducting a number of airstrikes in Libya that are greatly diminishing the manpower and resources of the local ISIS branch. U.S. airstrikes in the country have killed close to 50 ISIS fighters, forcing others to hide […]
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Chris Grove, a Special Tactics combat controller assigned as the 720th Special Tactics Group superintendent, leads family members, friends and teammates in Memorial Pushups following his Silver Star Medal presentation ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 15, 2019. Grove was awarded the nation’s third-highest medal against an armed enemy […]
A Special Tactics Combat Controller (CCT) has been awarded the Silver Star for saving the Special Forces team he was attached to from being overrun by Taliban fighters. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Chris Grove received the Silver Star in a ceremony on November 15. The Silver Star is the nation’s third-highest award for valor […]
In late October, the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) hosted the 2019 Commando Rally. The event pooled together the Command’s senior officer and non-commissioned officer leadership to assess the state of AFSOC and plan for the future. Lieutenant General Jim Slife, the commanding officer of AFSOC, said about the Rally that “as a former […]
Air Force Captain Andrew Jon “AJ” Ciechomski, passed away on November 13, after a long and spirited battle with cancer. A Special Tactics Officer (STO), Cpt. Ciechomski was assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C. According to the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), Cpt. Ciechomski was “a qualified […]
The Air Force’s Special Operations Tactical Air Control Party Airmen, or SOF TACPs, are ground special operators who direct air power on the battlefield. Specifically, these Airmen call in air and ground strikes while embedded with a special forces team, such as the Army Rangers or Navy SEALs. These SOF TACPs are selected from the […]
A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator fires his weapon during long-range weapons training as part of a beta Special Reconnaissance training course near Hurlburt Field, Florida, Sept. 20, 2019. The Special Tactics Training Squadron conducted the course to identify specific core tasks required for each skill level of the new SR career field. Special […]
Special Warfare operators during an Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) internal competition. Special Warfare succeeds Special Tactics in a major overhaul of the Air Force’s Special Operations careerfields.
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has identified the missing Special Tactics operator, who fell from a C-130 during a training exercise last Tuesday, November 5. U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Cole Condiff was a Special Tactics Combat Controller (CCT) assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron (23rd STS), 24th Special Operations Wing (24th […]
A vehicle-born IED is detonated inside a truck during a Dynamics of International Terrorism demonstration at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 30, 2019. The DIT demonstration is part of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School FP100 DIT Course which is programmed to be an awareness and personal security class directed toward terrorist threats overseas.
Airmen and family members with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and the 31st Rescue Squadron conducted a five-mile memorial ruck march in honor of two fallen pararescuemen. United States Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean Barton, from the 320th STS, and Tech. Sgt. Peter Kraines, from the 24th Special Operations Wing, died from injuries sustained in training […]
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