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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Air Force Reserve pararescuemen (PJ) from the 920th Rescue Wing, Senior Airman Brandon Forshaw, was one of five PJs from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., to travel to Alaska to hone their cold-weather rescue skills in Alaska Dec 11-18. The PJs must be able to save a life under any circumstance, whether it be under enemy fire, or on a side of an ice-encased mountain side. The training was two-fold: the PJs perfected their cold-weather skills and they trained side-by-side with their Reserve counterparts, the 212th Rescue Squadron based in Anchorage. The Reserve Airmen are part of the Guardian Angel Weapons System which is formed by the make up of the PJ and two other closely related Air Force specialties: one being, the survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists, and the other being, combat rescue officers. These men provide the capability to execute each of the personnel recovery tasks with only a fraction of the manpower, saving time, money and lives. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Joe Traska)