Pararescue

A 12-man search-and-rescue team comprised members of the 304th Rescue Squadron assisted local authorities in locating the missing teen.

Pararescue specialists with the 103rd Rescue Squadron, Westhampton Beach, New York, conduct multi-component training at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, during Northern Strike 20 on July 21, 2020. Northern Strike is a National Guard Bureau sponsored exercise that provides readiness building opportunities for units from all services to achieve […]

Airmen assigned to the 347th Rescue Group walk to an HH-60G Pave Hawk during a final flight for Col. Bryan Creel, 347th RQG commander, June 5, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The final flight is a long-standing Air Force tradition that occurs when a pilot departs from the base. Creel will move on […]

U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), perform security and secure their parachute after executing a high-altitude low opening (HALO) jump in Djibouti, March 10, 2020. The 82nd ERQS is responsible for conducting personnel recovery operations in the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility.

At least two U.S. service members have contracted the Coronavirus, according to the Department of Defense (DoD). The first is a U.S. Navy sailor stationed in Italy. The southern European country, where significant U.S. forces are stationed, has been hit particularly hard by the virus. In the last week alone, Coronavirus cases nearly tripled from […]

A Pararescueman (PJ), who played a key role in the rescue of a boys soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018, was chosen as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Technical Sergeant Ken O’Brien, who is assigned to the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (320th STS) out in Kadena Air […]

SOFREP (Special Operations Forces Report) How did we get our name? It was inspired by the military’s use of acronyms in formal communication traffic. We formed in January 2012, due to a general lack of authentic military content in the world and after we recognized an increased online interest in the post-9/11 realm of Military […]

Airmen aspiring to attend and complete the suckfest called Ranger School have to first complete an assessment course that evaluates their potential and prepares them for the real deal. The Air Force Ranger Assessment Course has been around for a few years. It is a three-week course that sharpens basic soldiering tasks, including land navigation, […]

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, participate in a High Altitude Low Open (HALO) parachute jump into the water from a C-130J Hercules assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 11, 2019

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts close quarter battle drills in East Africa, May 10, 2019. Pararescue is the only career field in the entire Department of Defence (DoD) dedicated to personnel recovery.  

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez attend the Army–Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14, 2019. This year marked the 120th Army–Navy game. SEAC CZ is legendary in the Pararescue and Special Operations communities. You can read […]

The Air Force’s Special Warfare community continues to cement its reputation as one of great communities that are force multipliers whenever they go and fight. Two Pararescuemen (PJ) received the Silver Star for valor under fire in two separate deployments to Afghanistan. The first PJ to be recognized was technical Sergeant Gavin Fisher, assigned to […]