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  • A U.S. Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) team member awaits extraction from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an Emerald Warrior 2019 search and rescue training exercise, Jan. 22, 2019.

    Emerald Warrior combat search and rescue training

    A distinct and repetitious sound rumbles through the air above Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida as a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft violently unleashes 4,200 rounds per minute from its 30mm hydraulic rotary cannon, breathing fire upon its target. The A-10s from the 107th Fighter Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, provided close air support for a combat search and rescue scenario involving joint special operations forces during training exercise, Emerald Warrior, Jan. 22, 2019.
  • Airmen from the 822d Base Defense Squadron run during the POW/MIA Recognition Day ruck march, Sept. 21, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. For the first-time, the 347th Operations Support Squadron hosted a ruck march to pay tribute to those who’ve been captured or missing in the line of duty by carrying a POW/MIA flag for 24 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

    Moody ‘rucks the distance’ during POW/MIA Recognition Day

    The 347th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) hosted the POW/MIA Recognition Day ruck march, Sept. 21, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. For the first time at Moody, the 347th OSS hosted a ruck march to pay tribute to those who’ve been captured or missing in the line of duty by carrying a POW/MIA flag for 24 hours.
  • Col. Jennifer Short, left, 23d Wing commander, participates in close-quarter combat with Airmen from the 347th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) during an immersion tour, July 23, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. During the immersion, Short visited with Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) and medical specialists from the 347th OSS. The 347th OSS rescue training center houses both independent duty medical technician paramedics and SERE specialists, whose mission is to train and equip Airmen to be able to survive and save lives while in austere environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

    Base commander explores rescue, 347th OSS capabilities

    Col. Jennifer Short, 23d Wing commander, visited the 347th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) during an immersion tour, July 23, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. During the immersion, Short visited with Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape and medical specialists from the 347th OSS.
  • Col. Jennifer Short, 23d Wing commander, watches as Airmen from the 347th Operations Support Squadron demonstrate training scenarios used for of Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) and Tactical Combat Casualty Care during a 347th Rescue Group immersion, Feb. 26, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. During the immersion, 23d WG leadership was given an in-depth briefing and demonstration of how SERE specialists and Independent Duty Medical Technicians ensure Moody’s aircrew have the skills to survive in the worst of situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

    23d Wing leadership takes closer look at 347th RQG

    The 23d Wing's leadership toured the 347th Rescue Group while receiving in-depth briefings and demonstrations to better understand how SERE specialists and Independent Duty Medical Technicians ensure Moody’s aircrew have the skills to survive in the worst of situations.
  • Tech. Sgt. Jose Obregon, 347th Operations Support Squadron Independent Duty Medical Technician NCO in charge of medical operations, observes a student applying Tactical Combat Causality Care during training, Oct. 25, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The new, three-day combined training is designed to merge many smaller courses and seamlessly tie together skills that could be used in the event that Airmen become isolated during a mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Snider)

    347th Rescue Group initiates new medical, survival training

    Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists and Independent Duty Medical Technicians recently partnered to innovate a more realistic training experience for 23d Wing aircrew. The training is designed to merge many smaller courses into one three-day course that seamlessly ties together different skills that could be used together in the event that Airmen become isolated during a mission.
  • A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., lands during Stealth Guardian in a wooded area near Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 8, 2017.

    Exercise Stealth Guardian enhances rescue capabilities in multiple environments

    As a pilot stands in a forest, seemingly devoid of human life, he is watched – by friend and foe. The quiet serenity of the woodlands erupts with the whirling of helicopter blades and the incoming of simulated opposing forces, his rescue or his demise still uncertain.
  • Tony Blauer, founder of Blauer Tactical Systems Inc., instructs Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists during a week-long Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response System course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., April 27, 2017. The SPEAR System takes advantage of the human body’s startle/flinch mechanism to convert an aggressor’s attack into a tactical counter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Drzazgowski)

    SERE meets SPEAR: Specialists convene for unique combative course

    Your transport aircraft has just crashed in a remote and hostile environment. You and only a handful of other troops have survived the crash. As you survey the surroundings, you notice a crowd of local inhabitants running toward the wreckage screaming wildly, with brows furrowed and fists clenched. The level of fear inside you begins to skyrocket. You’re now scanning the crowd for its weakest links, trying to formulate a progressive strategy with the little time you have before they make contact. Which combative system are you most confident to employ in order to save your own life? Self-defense is a major component of support provided by Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists to troops who have a high risk of isolation in theater, such as downed-pilots and operators. Late last month, SERE specialists across the 23d Wing, along with Pararescuemen from the 68th Formal Training Unit convened at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., to attend a one-week personal defense course led by a special guest.
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