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IV Time

Staff Sgt. Joel Corbett, pararescueman, 308th Rescue Squadron, readies his arm while another pararescueman injects an IV during an exercise at Patrick Air Force Base Nov. 17.
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Monster Mash

Pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing work as a team to secure a mannequin to a litter on Patrick Air Force Base's beach as part of a team building exercise. The exercise dubbed "The Monster Mash" was built by various members of the 308th Rescue Squadron to build camaraderie and put the pararescuemen through obstacles that test their strength, endurance, team-building and medical skills as well as other pararescue training. The Monster Mash is held on a quarterly basis by the squadron.
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Urgent ORI action

Tech. Sgt Paul Schultz typifies the sense of urgency demonstrated by 920th Rescue Wing Airmen during their phase two operational readiness inspection at Patrick Air Force Base Nov. 2 thorugh 4. The Air Force Reserve's 920th RQW has prepared for this inspection for the past year. The inspection is timely placed and will ensure the wing is ready to launch into Air Expeditionary Force deployments early next year.
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Rescued men thank Rescue men

Each of the five rescued men, their families and the Air Force Reserve crew that was part of their joint rescue team pose for a photo in front of the aircraft that extracted the final survivor from the cold Atlantic waters three weeks earlier.
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Thank you for saving us

The five rescuees from an Oct. 1 rescue off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., pose with the Coast Guard and Air Force Reserve crews who saved them.
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Thanks for saving my daddy

Three weeks after her father was rescued from the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean by 920th Rescue Wing reservists, five-year-old Tristan, rescuee Clinton Doughtry's daughter, tries out the communications equipment on the "Jolly" that rescued her father Oct. 1.
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Knight in Shining Cammo; Wing welcomes new exec

Maj. Douglas Knight leads the charge of the wing commander's support staff from his office just opposite of the Wing Commander's.
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Air Force Reserve rescuers save boater

Air Force Reserve Pararescuemen MSgt. Chad Evans and Staff Sgt. Joel Corbett, of the 308th Rescue Squadron, transload a boater who they rescued 15 miles off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla. Oct. 1 to a Life Flight team for further treatment.
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PJs Marching On

Staff Sgt. Kacee Holmes (left), pararescueman, Capt. John Fish, combat rescue officer, and Staff Sgt. Rusty Drake, pararescueman, all with the 308th Rescure Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla., treck toward cameramen during a recruiting PSA shoot , Sept. 21, to promote Air Force Reserve membership and membership in the Pararescueman (PJ) Program. The 920th Rescue wing is the only Air Force Reserve wing equipped with PJs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Grande).
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Navigator's destiny pointed skyward since birth.

Maj. Keith Treesh, an HC-130 P/N Navigator with the 920th Rescue Wing found his way back home to Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The major was bortn September 18, 1956, nine years to the day the Air Force become a branch of the military. Ironically Maj. Treesh's long military career has brought him full circle back to to his birthplace.
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Eyes lifted to the sky

Senior Airman Ryan Mitchell, 920th Rescue Wing Chaplain's Assistant, watched Space Shuttle Atlantis from the beach across from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Sept. 9. during the wing's September unit training assembly. The 920th Rescue Wing provides astronaut recovery support for space shuttle and rocket launches from Cape Canaveral. Prior to the launch, pararescuemen and aircrews train extensively for open water recovery in the event of an emergency.
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Rescue Wing prepares for Space Shuttle Launch

Rescue wing Airman prepare for the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch. They readied several HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters as well as an HC-130 P/N to recover astronauts in the worst case scenario. Nasa has made two attempts to launch the Space Shuttle but due to weather and maintenance issues, the launches were scrubbed and rescheduled.
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Rescue wing gears up for Ernesto

Staff Sgt. Ryan Lee, 920th Rescue Wing Life Support, raises and covers office equipment and computers with plastic to prevent damage in case Tropical Storm Ernesto hits.
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920th Rescue Wing gears up for Ernesto

Senior Master Sgt. Steve Lacey, 39th Rescue Squadron flight engineer, performs a preflight inspection on a HC-130 P/N prior to evacuating it to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. to avoid the projected path of Tropical Storm Ernesto.
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Dedication

Staff Sgt. Jason Evans administers a vaccination to a 920th Rescue Wing member during the June UTA. A member of the 920th RQW Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Sergeant Evans faithfully performs his duty during drill weekends despite being diagnosed with stage four Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma cancer. The 920th Combat Rescue Top Three recently held a fundraiser in his name. (U.S. Air Force Photo/2nd Lt. Jaime Pinto.)
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Lucille Bald

Mrs. Andrea Potts with her dog, Lucille Bald who recently competed in the World's Ugliest Dog Competition and Capt. Mike Brasher with Katrina, a rescue dog from Hurricane Katrina. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 1st Lt. Cathleen Snow)
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D-Day Recount

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Richard A. Ortega speaks to Civil Air Patrol cadets about the D-Day Invasion. Chief Ortega was on the first American assault wave at the beaches of Normandy, France. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Raymond F. Padgett)
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Save of the Month

Tech. Sgt. Ken Harbart received the first Save of the Month award. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Cathleen Snow)
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Pararescuemen ready for space shuttle launch support

Members of the 308th Rescue Squadron stand ready before boarding an HC-130 to perform a freefall jump. Pararescuemen from left to right: Master Sgt. Alexander Abbey, Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Curl, Staff Sgt. Russell Drake, Master Sgt. John Shiman, Tech. Sgt. Eric Wenseritt (308 RS vehicle maintenance NCOIC), and Master Sgt. James Johnston.
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Rescue crews ready for space shuttle launch support

Tech. Sgt. Eric Wenseritt, 308th Rescue Squadron, vehicle maintenance non commissioned officer in charge, pilots the safety boat into the Banana River and clears the drop zone of civilian vessels as 920th rescue crews train in astronaut recovery.
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