WHAT MAKES AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIQUE?
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Want to learn all about the U.S. Air Force Special Operations jobs? AFSOC has four main career fields within it: Special Reconnaissance, Pararescuemen (PJ’s), Combat Controllers (CCT’s), and Tactical Air Control Party (TACP). There’s a fifth “Career Field” that we discuss, known as the Special Operations Surgical Teams.
This video goes over the various missions, capabilities, and purpose of each of these elite career fields. If you want to learn more about Air Force Special Warfare, watch this video!
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What's your favorite AFSOC career field?
Hell yeah
What makes them Unique is their Spiritual meaning of the Symbols on their Patch❤
Hello i remember watching the difference between teir 1,2,3 units i while ago and i was wondering if I could have the links to your sources so i can use them for a school project as well as get your permission to use the video as a source
You know most PJ'S aren't SOF? Only PJs assigned to an STS are SOF. If they are assigned to a Rescue Squadron, big blue AF owns them and not SOF.
Can you do a video on Cav Scouts?
I was USAF Security Forces in the 80s (Security Police back then) assigned to Germany and we had a CCT squadron there. I remember more than once out on patrol in the middle of the night and out of nowhere a bunch of high speed dudes on black motorcycles with no lighting go flying past and disappear into the German forest, gone as quick as they came.
A USAF Security Police was instrumental in giving me one of the best days and fondest memories of my childhood in 1981(I was eleven). He was a Sgt at the 144th Fighter wing base in Fresno, CA.. I never got to truly Thank him for it. So I will Thank you in his place...THANK YOU.
So was my dad, Ramstein Airbase?
That's pretty cool, I'm joining security forces after basic training this summer.
@@danielluis7081 Rhein Main AB, it was in Frankfurt but they closed it down in the 90s.
Shout out to my days Spangdahlem AB Germany from 92-98, & 2002-2006. I absolutely loved it.
Respect to the TACPs and PJs I worked with in Afghanistan. The one TACP that I was familiar with, but never personally met, was KIA in 2010. But they will stick it out in a fight to make sure ordnance gets dropped on bad guys. The PJs and the AF air crews were great. Always willing to jump into the middle of a fight, no matter how bad it was, to help save our wounded.
Its been more then 10 years since I left the Army. I am sure the folks I worked with are retired now. But wherever you are, God Bless each and every one of you, and that you all live happy and fulfilling lives.
Thanks (45th/920th Rescue Squadron)
@@zpettigrew No amigo, thank you! 1st CAV and 82nd ABN. Wherever you are, may the beers stay cold and the grass always green.
1:03 special recon
2:52 air force pj (rescue)
5:10 combat control (comandos?)
7:15 special oporations surgical teams
Garandthumb in the thumbnail 😂😂, my man flannel daddy 😰
Only real i clicked
Garand Thumb is a STO, right?
Underrated Critic - TACP Officer
I knew my eyes weren’t lying that’s real ass!
@@underratedcritic1983 tacp but currently I think a sere instructor
Some of the best guys I met in my life were AFSOC guys (mostly tacp and sere others are pretty rare) even the guys who got washed out and were put into my career field were some of the most caring and hard working people I’ve ever met. What ever they’re doing over at afsoc they are making men. Not Hollywood badass cool guy, real men.
Lemme guess…security forces? Speaking as a washout myself I know a lot of guys try to get reclassed into that job when they don’t make the cut.
@@tylerlichon9529 no actually, I’m an Aircraft mechanic. My first roommate in tech school was tacp and my best friend in tech was sere, I’ve met plenty others in my career and damn near all of them have been amazing human beings.
@@Sal-kk1nk Aw ok👍🏼not sure how long you been in but I got a buddy named Morris that tried going for TACP but ended up reclassing into something to do with aircraft maintenance and went to tech school at Sheppard about around 7 months ago, funny ass dude and freakishly good at basketball😂
@@tylerlichon9529 luckily it’s been about a year and a half since Sheppard lol I’ve been in for just over 2 years now
Airforce is most definitely one of a kind, you have 2 sides of the Airforce. Desk admins, and the badass Special Operations.
the Airforce gets alot of crap, but in the end they are probably one of the most beneficial branches to the armed forces.
You got it! Thanks man. I used to get shit from Rangers all the time. "I forgot -- You's an Auuir Force boyee!". Even though I saved their lives.
@zpettigrew Of course! I've worked with a lot of folks from the Airforce on both sides of the brach, and Airforce Special Operations are some of the most humble gentlemen I've ever met.
A lot of respect for you guys!
These are the guys who fought along the Transformers
cant forget the literal air superiority which is the face of the air force, fighter pilots, bombers, cargo planes, helicopter pilots, drones
@brandonreyes2417 you forgot us out there engineering the ICBMs
Proud former 1st ASOS TACP. Thanks for covering our career field.
Yeah don't see many people covering it very much. When did you go through the school house?
Do you have a recruiter contact for TACP?
@@KR-oo2wx when I went through recruiting there wasn't a specific tacp or any sf recruiter for the air force. I just went to a regular one and told them what I wanted to do. Since TACP's, Pj's, CCT's were a critically manned field they were the only jobs you could get as a guaranteed job in contract in the AF. Most other career fields weren't for sure just the general area. But yeah my normal recruiter did all of the paper work to get me TACP guaranteed in my contract and was also the one that gave me the PAST test. Might depend on where you live and how many recruits there are looking for those type of jobs but here in Vegas it was just a normal recruiter. This was back in 2007, 2008 so things very easily could have changed by now to something completely different. For example, when I got my TACP slot and went to Basic Training, once I graduated BMT, it was straight to the TACP Schoolhouse to begin the TACP Tech School and upon completion of that schoolhouse, you were awarded your much coveted beret and from there you would go to SERE training or if you were a PT stud and one of the top like 3% of the class, you’d be given a slot to go get your static line jump wings with the Army and then upon completing that you’d go to SERE. By the time I got out in 2012 though the couple things I can remember that changed or were about to were they added an NDOC course designed to weed people out and/or prepare you better for the intensity of the training at the schoolhouse. The second thing was that I heard that they were going to make it mandatory that every TACP graduate had to go get their jump wings! Idk if that was implemented before I got out but I’m sure if they really did plan on doing so they’ve probably done so by now 10 years later lol.
Falcon 2 graduate here. Ft. Polk, Schweinfurt Germany. Best job I ever had. 1980-1984
@@secesh7184 nice man thats crazy to see such a low number I was Eagle 81
Fun Fact: There are less CCT & PJ's combined then there are SEALs, and both their pipelines are probably the most difficult in the military (maybe besides SMU pipelines).
Yep
I can tell you with 100% certainty, the SEAL pipeline is exponentially more difficult than the AFSOC career field pipelines. The minimum entry standards are significantly easier for AFSOC so they have generally weaker candidates (top 10% in both branches are definitely on the same level though)…
That being said, one could argue the individual training for candidates that actually make it through selection for AFSOC is 2nd to none in terms of quality.
Both have a 2 year pipeline, SMUs have pipelines from 6-12 months
@@justrod0731 SMU pipelines are technically longer since they only recruit guys who are already in the military. So if you wanna join CAG, you'd already have had a career with SF or the 75th, or a few years in a conventional unit
@@justrod0731 technically, CCTs pipeline is roughly 8 months + if u exclude the Special Tactics Advanced Skills Training.
The Army has their own version of SOST called an FST or Forward Surgical Team. While they’re not necessarily Special Operations, they can be deployed to a hostile area and perform critical care surgical services in theater.
"Care with Compassion!" 😉
Best unit in the Army, the FST. Got to support ODA during both deployments with the 691 Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD) as they are now known. Pretty awesome being part of a 20 personnel team providing the first surgical care to a casualty.
FST was great. But the RISK involved in their mission is no where close to that of a PJ or SOST operator. MD friend of mine took an RPG repairing a Rangers heart and left lung. Close PJ friend of mine no longer has use of his right arm from that BS in Syria no one talks about. No offense. But my body too - is ruined from rescuing some Marines and 2 Rangers.
I'm an old TACP ROMAD from 75-81. It's really amazing what they've done with the career field since then. Props to all you guys. Nice video!
I was a ROMAD '81-'90. They seem to be taken care of better than the '80's
As a kid who’s studying to become an emergency doctor I think those surgical guys are awesome
...so you will serve as you saw !
You MUST !! ☝️🇺🇸☝️🙏
We could use more of those guys since bullets these days are almost becoming Critical hits these days.
My pops was a combat contoller, I decided to one up him and be a PJ. Good times.
Hey any tips for a 16 year old planning on joining pj's and what to expect? How can I get ready before I'm old enough and how does it look, (where will I be rescuing at, how, what will it look like?)
Im 16 aswell, just wanted to hear your reasoning for joining the military (because I plan on joining)
@@chillrob3yall just needa focus on becoming a stud LOL
@@RichardFIII what bruh
@@keonzzcwgreen beret where its at
I went to tech school where the first leg of all those units start their training. These guys went 24/7 physically for weeks to weed out the ones who couldn't cut it, a guy I was in basic with made it all the way in pararescue. He was one of those that gave it his all and never quit.
PJ INDOC has an over 90% washout rate within the first 2 weeks. My class only had about 11 guys make it to graduation. Props to your friend. INDOC at Lackland - alone - can be fatal. Me and a few other guys actually drowned (had to be hospitalized).
Average hours of sleep ?! 😊
🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏
As a Night Stalker I was privileged to work with some of these guys, not important which ones. I also attended SERE. That course woke me up and brought who I am to the top. I learned I could do so much more than I thought.
my airforce recruiter just sent me this video and i’ve been watching this channel for over a year love to see it.
Space force has a special forces branch it’s called Buzz light year
Space Rangers bud.
Nah it's the Spartans
buzz light year is apart of the space rangers unit, you can see his patch on his shoulder. Space force also has a tier 2 unit called ODST and a tier 1 unit called Spartans. They have a tier 3 unit called the COGs as well.
Voltron!!!!
I had no idea SOST was even a thing. AFSOC is beyond impressive
I got a lot of chances to work with SOF units, lots of jumps. But I was most surprised to see female SERE airmen do free fall jumps from my aircraft. Pretty cool. At the time the only folks I saw free fall from my aircraft were special forces. Didn’t even know SERE jumped.
When were you in? When I was in SERE - the very first female cadre had just graduated.
@@zpettigrew 1995-2017
A couple years ago I worked retail and overhead a couple kids talking about wanting to join the military, one said his dad would only let him join the Air Force and that he didn't want to because they get made fun of by everyone else.
I interjected and said you realize that the Air Force has their own Special Ops teams, right? And described the PJs and forward air controllers.. I don't know if the kid ended up joining the military or not, but I was glad I knew enough to make the kid feel better about the Air Force.
Just for the record, the air force has killed more of our country's enemies than all the other branches of services combined in American history and they are the most difficult to join.
Thanks for the SOWT mention. My father did two tours in Viet Nam as a "weather guy" attached to MAC/V SOG.
Back in 99, when I was done with OSUT training, I never new the AF had any Special Operations units, but then I met 3 guys, at Airborne school and 2 were in the pipeline 4 CCTs, and 1 was for PJs, but when I actually learned about the CCTs jobs,I fell in love with it, but even though I was physically strong, Im terrible at taking written tests, and I didn't even try in take the ASVAB test again, cuz the AF, you have 2 have great scores.
Shouldve tried for it fam
@@Deimos_the_Autist ya i no, I should of stayed in the military, I was young and thought when I got out, that I was missing so much back at home.
@COVID ISNEGLIGENT ya I heard the same thing about Ranger school, the Asvab is what killed me, cuz ive always been a bad tester, but when I was in the Army, I was good at land nav, I was a dismount leader, but ive just never been good at taking tests.
Dude, keep busy in the corner of "Mommy's basement"....
for pj you don’t really have to have that high of a score.
Nice video i was waiting on this. SOST is kind of new but look up SOST in Syria where they set up a trauma center in an abandoned building. Air Force Times covered them.
And PJ Ramon Colon Lopez. Dude was 24th STS and was deployed on some incredible detachments in Afghanistan from protecting the Afghan president to assaults with SEALS, kills capture missions and more. He’s legend.
Another aspect of of PJs is that they have air guard and reserve wings and respond to all manner of civilian disasters. A lot of reporting on them in Hurricane Katrina, Haitian earthquake, sea rescues, mountain rescues, etc.
All these men and women in these Special Forces are amazing people , and let's not forget the folks who train them truly amazing people!
Very true. My cousin told me the reason he didn’t go into Air Force Special Operations is because he didn’t want to set himself up to fail. I had qualified for CCT or TACP whichever the Air Force needed more so I assumed he was just being over dramatic. He was not. Dear lord I was lucky to get injured and end up in Security Forces. I’d take those 18-20 weeks of training over what I would’ve gone through in Special Operations
Absolutely true. As an old CCT, I can tell you all that this video is the blunt truth about what USAF SpecOps troops capabilities.
My area AFSOC recruiter said he doesn't get a lot of recruits and coming from a conventional army unit, after I took my first PAST event the developmental group in my area I saw what it means to have quality vs quantity. And that's saying something because these guys weren't even the pipeline yet
This is why the US is the only superpower in the world. All these unique specializations are a strain on the industrial military economy and organization of the military itself. The fact that the US is capable of effectively fielding so many different specialized branches of special forces is a representation of its ability to adapt and engage in many different combat environments.
Faced with this, it becomes clear that all these "threats" coming from China and Russia are in reality, regional threats- they are not at the scale of military hegemony that the US is capable of projecting globally.
We have more aircraft carriers then all other navy’s in the world combined. Our Navy alone is the most dominant ever in history. That’s just the Navy. I wouldn’t want to start a war with America 😂
The US army should handle all those no need for air force marine or naval special operations...GO ARMY
Thanks for acknowledging Combat Weather. When they talk about USAF special operations we are always forgotten about.
Insane video! Love that shoutout to one of the nation's best, RIP MSgt Chapman!
My baby is PJ, I'm so proud of him🥺❤️❤️❤️
For this Prior Service USMC and US Army Veteran 1987-1998, with 1 Year and 4 Months in the Army National Guard ( ARNG) and US Army Reserve ( USAR) , AFSOC: Special Reconnaissance, Tactical Air Control Party, Pararescue Jumpers, Combat Controller Teams, along with Special Operations Surgical Teams, Special Missions Aviators, and SERE School Experts, are the creme de la creme of The United States Air Force ( USAF). Mad Respect for the Special Warfare Airmen of AFSOC!!🇺🇸🦅🗽🪂🤿🗡️💣💥
Theres no doubt as to why this channel gets so much attention and so many views/supporters, these units and teams especially the Tier 1 units are so fascinating and have a mythical aura to them, theyre no doubt the most amazing and awe inspiring groups out of any military or combat forces in the world and anyone who has any understanding of what they do can't help but be inspired and motivated by their pure dedication and bravery and we can all learn from their level of discipline and resolve and benefit from it in any and all areas of life
This was spot on. I was a regular TACP for 2 years before I become JTAC certified, and then I become a SOF TACP a year later.
I thought all TACPs are JTAC qualified upon graduation?
Start off as a ROMAD and support your JTAC/team, then about 1-2 years til you take on JTAC Qualification Course. Pass it, and you can “Cleared Hot” your targets
@@afantasticdream7490 what's ROMAD?
Join TACP and find out
@@afantasticdream7490 unfortunately I'm not eligible.
Man , I know people diss Air Force all the time, but this is awesome
Former 17 STS, yes I deployed with Ranger Battalion my entire career of 8 years.
8 years including AF BMT?
TACPs embedded with the 75th need to go through RASP as well, is it true?
@@dallasyap3064 No, you serve a few years after being JTAC qualified. You have to be nominated. You will then do another screener, and go through the advanced course, Airborne etc so that you can integrate.
But yes you will do a lot of training with the batt. If you cannot keep up with their standards and pace, they will boot you. They look down on AFSOC at first.
@@Latinastyles thx for sharing.
@@dallasyap3064 Yes sir. If you want to join it’s a great experience. I thought conventional TACP was really intense- 62 in the class and 29 made it. Great experience, and don’t forget, the Air Force has all the money so you get the best gear, it’s like a gear lottery.
Chair Force my ass! I had a Combat Wx officer as my SOS Flt/CC… when we talked about the opening days of OEF we discovered while I was flying my first Combat Sorties overhead in Afghanistan, he was on the ground with an SF team providing critical weather analysis so we could provide the air power in a country with no nightly news weather people (if you didn’t know, airplanes cannot safety fly in thunderstorms nor do we like flying close to the ground in thick fog… great story of an A-10 two ship that was supporting troops early on in the war and the Lead dropped down in the canyon below the clouds to put rounds on target but then had to fly through the cloud layer narrowly missing mountain tops). I also had the honor to be the Flt/CC for a few SERE specialist overseas… they had a huge role huge in the re-integration of folks in the mid 2000, when our Army brothers and sisters or US Contractors would be captured by the Iraqi insurgents… and yes they do more than just instruct us whinny pilots… RESPECT for our AF SOF team members!
@baileyboy73 baileyboy73 many people in the military and general don’t do squat besides join and get college money.
@baileyboy73 baileyboy73 you obviously were never in the military and watch way too many John Wayne movies. People that actually were in the military like to poke fun at other services but they NEVER openly disrespect one like you do.
@baileyboy73 baileyboy73 nice sermon Jerry Falwell, save me a front row seat for your next one. And yes, I vouch for all airmen.
@baileyboy73 baileyboy73 putin would nuke you back to the stone age 🤣
Awesome showcasing on SOST!
Next video idea: Tactical Paramedics (TECC/SWAT and RTF)
I know a few SOST guys My friend is SOST doctor he was a larger than life character and my supervisor was a SOST RT he told me some cool stories. Very cool video
Dont forget to give props to the Pilots and Engineers that get them there and back. I miss this world!
One of the best PSGs I had the pleasure of working with was in the 82nd and him and his company were saved by PJs. They saved him from bleeding out, seriously one of the most impressive groups among SOF.
Proud to have been a TACP and PJ Back in the day.
Your Segway into your sponson ad was flawless!…nice work!.
We had a washout rate of 98%+ in PJ indoc. This was back in 2000.
I was 101st. TACP = our best friends. Fly men and equipment out, get everyone back.
Aim High baby!!!
Those wings really are gold,..the Navy can't see straight
This channel is the true gold mine, I love it.
Dude pararescue is such an awesome career. The medical certifications alone are internationally accredited
i got so scared when he said nowhere Kentucky as i live in nowhere Kentucky honestly got me on my toes there for a bit
I was a CATM (Combat Arms) Instructor in the 70's. I recall how hardened the PJ's were compared to the other AFSC's. Hard respect!
Shit I know some aircraft mx guys who went to ranger school
SR finally gives the Air force Sniper capabilities too.
So do ccts.
@@cameronlettice3061 so does security forces
10:27 I spent many hours on one of those type of launch facilities. Just an ordinary ICBM maintainer, no one shooting at me as I replaced emergency power batteries...definitely not jumping out of a C-17 into a combat zone. Operators of any stripe get my full respect.
Definitely has the coolest speacial operations outa all the branches
Appreciate the knowledge drop I requested about the USAF'S SERE Specialist General discharge. Great video as always! ♠️
The TACP motto is actually "The strong will stand, the weak will fall by the wayside." Also had "Air to mud, death from above." Pretty sure the one you put in is a Ranger motto.
The Special Tactics Squadron has the TACP motto listed as “100 percent and then some” on their website. But the phrase also shows up in the Rangers creed.
@@spookynecron8280 maybe they say it now but while I was in I never heard it once only the 2 I commented above. Also just could be for that specific squadron. TACP's can also be Rangers so it could be from that. But "The strong will stand..." I wrote above, is TACP's motto.
Edit: sorry what I mean by them saying it now I meant it could be in an unofficial way. I guess there is a chance they changed it from when I went through but I would highly doubt it. Google shows it still as the same but it's Google so who knows. I just can't see them changing it. Plus I think it's a more bad ass motto anyway. But I might be partial to it since that's what it was when I was in lol.
“Sua Sponte.”
It’s “Rangers Lead The Way” and the 82ND Airborne Division motto for Airborne personnel is “Airborne All The Way” ATW ! and also “Death From Above” Mucho respect to the Air Force Special Operations had a bunch of those Tac P guys in Jump school. No Air Force guys quit the school.
Hey General Discharge, I've been watching your videos for almost a year now and you do not disappoint. All the information you put in your videos is beyond helpful, especially since I've been trying to get into special operations, trying to find the best path to take to get into that community. Loving the videos man thanks so much 🤘🤘🤘
Listen to the onesready podcast it’s run by pjs and ccts .
"Aside from the Space Force" - I think it's reasonable to assume that the SGC will have been one of the Air Force groups transferred to the Space Force.
I see the flannel daddy on your thumb nail
A family member of mine is a retired colonel who was a co of a special tactics group. He's a badass!!
I believe Chapman was 24th STS so that explains that
AFSOC= The most underrated SOF in the US military! They definitely deserve more recognition. Especially from ex sister service operators who are all over YT as content creators. We all know CAS aint being called by those guys! LOL
GarandThumb
@@robbiepemberton Hes a SERE specialist isnt he?
Just found out hes a TACP. Hes not in SOF. He was a sere specialist prior.
It’s because AFSOC personnel are pretty good at keeping their egos in check.
@@power95festered30 Aint that the truth!
Another great vid man thanks I want to be a cct when I’m older this really helped
You forgot CAA "Combat Aviation Advisors" and their OADs "Operational Aviation Detachments." They do a very similar mission to US Army 18series Special Forces (Green Berets).
Thank you for this video. I am shipping out with a SWOE contract very excited and prepared.
I was the Shirt for the 103rd PJ's, bunch of bad ass hard chargers
Wow! Never heard of SOSTs and thought SERE was an Army school. Very impressive.
Anyone in socom can go to SERE
@@jimclayron417 pretty much all those in SOCOM in combat role has to go through SERE training.
Each branch has their own SERE school.
Me neither! Very cool!!
also all pilots go through SERE
I had the honor of being the first support personnel for years with the 304th Rescue Sq (15yrs).
1:42 I havent seen matt best video in a long time thats a throwback lmao
PJ or Pedro in Afghan were the most respected Medical support as theyd go in to hot drop zones. British MERT would not. So many guys owe their lives to those guys.
MERT were also amazing but had different Rules of Landing.
I'm going to dispute that fella.
I saw MERT landing in the middle of seriously hot firefights.
I think the differences you saw were down to the aircraft used, a Blackhawk can fit into a much smaller place than a Chinook!
The other branch’s like to make fun of AF but we acknowledge how good there SO men and women are good at what they do.
Amazing video man. Been SF 12 years and still learned something new. Berets off to these guys 🤘🏽
Thank you!
That VPN ad was so smoothly inserted. Great infil on that.
Gotta say...
That NordVPN transition was smooth as butter. 😉
I really loved this list, it's really well detailed! If you ever do a redux, you should add in SERE, EOD, Special Missions Aviators, and of course Special Warfare Officers. But as always, keep making awesome content! 😎💪
I can’t WAIT for the USSF to get its own Tier 1 SF unit. Cuz you know they will…
“Hell… it’s about time”
22nd special tactics
@@davidliceaful NASA SWAT team ?
Admin Marines that never deployed will still call these guys chairforce lmao
Typically I read the comments, chuckle and just keep scrolling...but this happens to me all the time. I deployed 3 times in 10 years and one was shortly after 9/11 for a year forward deployed out of CENTCOM filling an AF billet for a JC commanded by the Army. 1 JCOMM and 2 OU w/ V devices as well as regular AF ones...still have admin Marines and Soldiers Chairforce it up. All good, they laugh, I laugh...I use small words, primary colors and stick figures, they pick their noses and try to count past 5...ifun is had by all. The key is to make sure and not ask them to spell both their first and last names. As much as I love my AF, my time with the other branches was a blast! You can always tell the real combat ground pounders...they poke at the AF, but respect CAS. The rest...best the can do is
Chairfoce". Great video GD!
Not technically considered special warfare, but I'm taking the special warfare IFT test in a couple weeks to get into EOD with the air force! I can't wait!
I passed! I'm in the EOD program!
Could you do a video about Air Force Red Horse? That would be awesome! Love your vids btw
Air Force Red Horse vs Navy Seabees, that'd be a good one.
Usaf is unlike any other airforce. With enough special forces units inside it to help recover pilots and other branches of troops as well as specialized air recon and air support call ins and elite protective teams. Best of the best
That ad was pretty damn smooth
A great and very informative video! Fantastic job. I really appreciate the detail you included to those four different AFSCs, and the Honorable Mention for the SERE Specials (aka the Snakeaters or Under the Log Lunch Bunch).
Thanks for putting the video up.
Respect for the Air Force.
I knew about PJs. Didn't know about the others. Thanks!
CCTs and pjs are just awesome anyone with those skill sets are just so desirable for a wide range of mission sets i have never served so i cant comment on anything but when someone mentions ccts you bet i get chubbed up without those guys who knows how many more of our service men we might have lost.
I was curious if you were ever going to cover the Joint Operations Augmentation Unit. Nice video, General.
Well done. Not much us out there about Air Force Special Operations. You clarified it for me.
Well done general discharge
that does it.
not making fun of the air farce anymore.
these guys are legit.
Fun fact goggins was tacp before he became a seal
Decades ago I went through the summer AFROTC program for sophomores in college in the early early 2000s. In my flight we had this cat, who was already a vet of GWOT, was going back to college, got shoved in ROTC to get him commissioned, and he said his contract guaranteed him a pilot slot, F-16 preferred. He said he was former enlisted CCT. Dude was PT stud, mastered all the basic of basic shit they trained us on. He stole the TI's campaign hat the last week. We caught heat but got lots of pictures before we didn;t know what happened to it.
Past and present bug eaters thank you for the honorable mention!
Spec op Dr is the coolest thing Iwe ever heard
I must be old cuz when I went through the OL-J our wash outs for Pararescue became Combat Controls, of course no one wants to talk about that…but I even reunited with a few at the Hill. This was way before CRO’s and all the rest and the wash out rate was over 90% because at the time we were over manned!! Back when they had cross overs and buddy breathing was a Nathan!! Times do change but I’m proud I got more then a few missions both combat and civilian!! These Things We Do….
GarandThumb isn't a Special Tactics Squadron TACP, he's an ASOS Squadron TACP embedded in a conventional Army unit like most TACP are.
Anyone else notice the Mr Meeseeks Unit Patch, lol.
Special recon is what I’m trying to get into right now
GT was airforce i didn’t know that
i just knew he was military
I find it funny how the Chair Force has some of the Hardest Deadliest and Best SOF guys in the US Military
Great video...the golden hour is an old concept, that is not around anymore...there is no specific times attached to the emergency.
Another Spec Ops like unit in the Air Force are the Ravens. These are Security Forces that have trained to provide security to Air Assets in places without their own security. And they often do this by themselves. We are talking 1 dude on a 300 million dollar Aircraft with an absolute arsenal of weapons, ready to start WW3 if someone tries to take the airplane. Most are super chill dudes too, always enjoyed flying with Ravens.
I enjoyed flying with them too. Especially to places where our C-17 went. My good friend was a Raven. Ravens are absolutely NOT spec ops like…at all. Somebody lied to you.
They’re were also known as fly away security teams, back in the day!
They’re were also known as fly away security teams, back in the day!
They’re were also known as fly away security teams, back in the day!