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  • A Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing salutes a baton carrying the name of a fallen brethren during the Special Tactics Ruck March Memorial Ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018.

    Special Tactics Airmen culminate 830-mile ruck march to honor fallen brethren

    Aches, blisters, exhaustion, pain…830 miles, five states, 11 days…are a minute price to pay to honor the fallen. The push to continue on for these Air Commandos come from their communities’ legacy of never forgetting a fallen comrade, from the pride instilled within themselves, and from reaching down and grabbing one of 20 batons that contained an inscribed name of a fallen teammate. Air Force Special Operations Command Special Tactics Airmen, along with a mission support force of 19 Air Commandos assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, began the 5th iteration of the Special Tactics Memorial March in the pre-lit dawn, Feb. 22 at Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to pay tribute to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin. 
  • More than 60 friends, teammates and family gathered at the newly renamed Master Sgt. Joshua M. Gavulic Human Performance Center at Fort Benning, Ga., Feb. 23, 2019.

    17th STS dedicates building to late TACP operator

    The life and legacy of an Air Force Special Operations Command tactical air control party operator was forever cemented into Special Tactics and Fort Benning history with a building dedication in his namesake. On Feb. 21, 2014, U.S. Air Force Joshua M. Gavulic, who was an ST TACP operator with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron, was killed in a parachute accident while conducting a military free-fall proficiency training mission in Eloy, Arizona. Today, more than 60 friends, teammates and family gathered during a ceremony at the newly renamed Master Sgt. Joshua M. Gavulic Human Performance Center, here.
  • Hurlburt Field Preservation of the Force and Family providers receive a flightline tour Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 11, 2014. The 1st Special Operations Wing’s units embedded POTFF providers to present services to Airmen and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michelle Patten)

    POTFF providers join wing team

    Preservation of the Force and Family providers gathered for an immersion day to learn about the missions of the 1st Special Operations Wing and its units at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 11, 2014. POTFF is a U.S. Special Operations Command initiative focused on helping special operations forces and their families."Our mission within POTFF is to be
  • OPSEC

    Identity management: What's your digital footprint?

    "We are our greatest threat," said Capt. Lauren Quinn, Air Force Special Operations Command military information support operations program manager.She wasn't addressing our Airmen about a failed operation or training mishap. She was talking to a room full of Hurlburt Field's key spouses during a recent discussion on identity management."We put out
  • Preservation of the Force and Family

    POTFF to help Air Commandos, families: Resiliency Video

    Editor's Note: This is the fifth and final article in a series about Preservation of the Force and Family, a Special Operations Command initiative, and how it will help Air Commandos and their families at Hurlburt Field.The POTFF task force completed their first resiliency video Oct. 29.The video highlights Adm. Bill McRaven's, U.S. Special
  • Preservation of the Force and Family

    POTFF to help Air Commandos, families: Chaplain's perspective

    Editor's Note: This is the fourth article in a series about Preservation of the Force and Family, a Special Operations Command initiative, and how it will help Air Commandos and their families at Hurlburt Field.As a team, the chaplains of Hurlburt Field determine how they implement the spiritual portion of POTFF. They also partner with the airmen
  • Preservation of the Force and Family

    POTFF to help Air Commandos, families: POTFF provider's procedures

    This is the third article in a series about Preservation of the Force and Family, a special operations command initiative, and how it will help Air Commandos and their families at Hurlburt Field.Lt. Col. Patrick O'Maille, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, Psychological Applications chief, has been involved in Preservation of the Force and
  • Preservation of the Force and Family

    POTFF to help Air Commandos, families: future initiatives

    Editor's note: This is the second article in a series about Preservation of the Force and Family, a special operations command initiative, and how it will help Air Commandos and their families at Hurlburt Field within the next year. Preservation of the Force and Family is an initiative throughout the base which showcases tools and resources

  • POTFF to help Air Commandos, families

    Editor's note: This article is the first in a series intended to introduce and explain the Preservation of the Force and Family, which is a Special Operations Command initiative.Preservation of the Force and Family is a Special Operations Command initiative focused on helping special operations forces and their families. Adm. William McRaven, SOCOM
  • Tania Glenn, Doctor of Psychology and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, speaks to Air Commandos during a briefing at the Landing Zone at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 5, 2013. During the 90 minute seminar, Glenn delivered a feelings-free, scientific analysis of the human body’s physiological response to high-stress situations to help service members understand their biological processes downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Tucker)

    PTSD specialist explains stress science

    A post-traumatic stress disorder specialist delivered a feelings-free, scientific analysis of the human body's physiological response to high-stress situations to help Air Commandos understand their biological processes downrange during a briefing at the Landing Zone at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 5.Tania Glenn, doctor of psychology and
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