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with your look around the Air Force ,

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I'm airman first class Jared hess

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pararescue men from the 31st and 33rd

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rescue squadrons partnered with army

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vessel crews for joint medical

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evacuation for medevac training off the

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coast of Okinawa , Japan . The exercise

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included day and nighttime scenarios

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that required rescue helicopters to

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hover above army watercraft as

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pararescue men were lowered down to

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provide medical treatment and

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evacuation . The joint training gave

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the vessel crews and pararescue men the

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chance to optimize medevac procedures

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and improve communications to help them

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work better together during a real

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world emergency . The 2021 pararescue

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and rodeo and reunion invited current

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and former para rescue man , better

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known as PJS and combat rescue officers

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from across the world to compete in a

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variety of course skills . The Rodeo is

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a 40 year tradition in the PJ community

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and this year more than 30 members

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competed in disciplines like target

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shooting , propelling , medical

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evacuation and precision parachute

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jumping . One retired PJ says the

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competition gets newer PJs to practice

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and compete in their core skills and

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older PJS involved to teach the newer

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generation from their experiences .

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About 200 airmen from the 99th civil

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Engineer Squadron's Prime based

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engineer Emergency Forces participated

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in an actual combat employment or

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exercise at nellis Air Force Base

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Nevada . The three day exercise brought

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12 different civil engineer career

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fields together to learn , wartime and

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job skills not typically used within

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their own specialties . The training

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included building small shelter systems ,

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tactical combat casualty care ,

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explosive ordinance Familiarization and

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bear based setup . The goal of the

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training was to build multi capable

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airmen under the Ace construct , which

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allows for fewer airmen with a wider

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range of skills to be deployed . The

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same contingency . The squadron hopes

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to integrate other non engineer career

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fields , like maintenance and medical ,

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to offer the Ace concept on a grander

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scale , and that's your look around the

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Air Force .