Air Force Special Operations Command News

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

Senior Airman Joseph Pick — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 03:09:00 GMT

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.

17th STS dedicates building to late TACP operator

Senior Airman Joseph Pick — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 12:51:00 GMT

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.

POTFF providers join wing team

Senior Airman Michelle Patten — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:28:00 GMT

Preservation of the Force and Family providers gathered for an immersion day to learn about the

Identity management: What's your digital footprint?

Capt. Victoria Porto — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:42:58 GMT

"We are our greatest threat," said Capt. Lauren Quinn, Air Force Special Operations Command military

POTFF to help Air Commandos, families: Resiliency Video

Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 22:53:05 GMT

Editor's Note: This is the fifth and final article in a series about Preservation of the Force and

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

Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:15:42 GMT

Editor's Note: This is the fourth article in a series about Preservation of the Force and Family, a

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

Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:56:57 GMT

This is the third article in a series about Preservation of the Force and Family, a special

POTFF to help Air Commandos, families: future initiatives

Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:07:35 GMT

Editor's note: This is the second article in a series about Preservation of the Force and Family, a

POTFF to help Air Commandos, families

Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:52:57 GMT

Editor's note: This article is the first in a series intended to introduce and explain the

PTSD specialist explains stress science

Senior Airman Whitney Tucker — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:19:34 GMT

A post-traumatic stress disorder specialist delivered a feelings-free, scientific analysis of the

320th STS facility strengthens battlefield Airmen

Tech. Sgt. Kristine Dreyer — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:20:02 GMT

"Humans are more important than hardware" is a saying heard continuously throughout the special

SOCOM Commander to host virtual town hall

U.S. Special Operations Command — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:41:11 GMT

Adm. William H. McRaven, commander U.S. Special Operations Command, will host a virtual town hall,

USSOCOM senior enlisted advisor speaks on family preservation

Senior Airman Whitney Tucker — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:10:23 GMT

By all accounts, they were the perfect military family. The husband: hard-charging and gallant. The

USSOCOM senior enlisted adviser speaks to Air Commandos, families

Staff Sgt. Sarah Martinez — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:24:10 GMT

The United States Special Operations Command's Senior Enlisted Adviser spoke to Air Commandos,