ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Air Force Reserve pararescuemen (PJs) from the 920th Rescue Wing traveled to Alaska to hone their winter rescue skills. This training is focused on saving lives, especially those in combat situations. However, these PJs may be called upon to perform life-saving maneuvers on a mountain covered in snow - so they must be able to work with the equipment they travel with. Learning how to properly place anchors in the snow so they can pull a victim up and down a mountain was another day of training for the Florida PJs with their Alaska counterparts who also refresh their skills by teaching them. 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/Senior Airman Brandon Forshaw)
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