Articles

  • SERE: surviving the night

    U.S. Air Commandos participate in a survival, escape, resistance, and evasion exercise at the Eglin Range, Florida, Feb. 8, 2024. The SERE training consisted of rural and urban evasive techniques and culminated in a large-scale application of knowledge where players had to avoid capture by

  • AFSOC 2023 Sijan award winner: Learning to lead

    The Air Force Special Operations Command 2023 Lance P. Sijan award winner, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Stephan Boczar, draws from his own personal challenges to shape the way he lives his life and leads his Airmen.

  • The day in the life of a laboratory technician

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Rickard, 1st Special Operations Medical Group non-commissioned officer in charge of laboratory shipping, performs a Covid-19 test at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 7, 2024. The 1st SOMDG laboratory provides essential medical support to all members of Team Hurlburt,

  • 1 SOMXS Airmen perform routine paint jobs

    Airmen, assigned to the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance, perform routine paint jobs on aircraft panels and equipment at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Jan. 25, 2024. The panels are sprayed with gray paint to protect them from corrosion and match the aircraft’s

  • ATC organizing the skies

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Samuel Lazano, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron air traffic control journeyman, looks through a set of binoculars in the air traffic control tower at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Jan. 30, 2024. The 1 SOSS is the backbone of the Air Force Special Operations

  • Saving lives one training at a time

    Tech Sgt. Alyssa Poyner, a 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron lead firefighter, shares her knowledge of Tactical Combat Casualty Care to approximately 375 instructors and faculty members in the Santa Rosa School District.