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Special Tactics students learn to breathe underwater

A Special Tactics Training Squadron student rests during a pre-scuba class at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 29, 2016. The training familiarizes trainees with the basics of water operations. The trainees perform tasks such as tying knots underwater, learning how to stay afloat without their arms and hands, and how to use snorkeling gear. Special Tactics students later apply this knowledge to combat dive training. This training also reproduces physiological effects similar those experienced on the battlefield, and thus builds the necessary mental resiliency for ground special operations force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Special Tactics students learn to breathe underwater

A Special Tactics Training Squadron student swims the length of the pool with his hands and feet bound during a pre-scuba class at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 29, 2016. The training familiarizes trainees with the basics of water operations. The trainees perform tasks such as tying knots underwater, learning how to stay afloat without their arms and hands, and how to use snorkeling gear. Special Tactics students later apply this knowledge to combat dive training. This training also reproduces physiological effects similar those experienced on the battlefield, and thus builds the necessary mental resiliency for ground special operations force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Special Tactics students learn to breathe underwater

Special Tactics Training Squadron students line up during a pre-scuba class at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 29, 2016. The training familiarizes trainees with the basics of water operations. The trainees perform tasks such as tying knots underwater, learning how to stay afloat without their arms and hands, and how to use snorkeling gear. Special Tactics students later apply this knowledge to combat dive training. This training also reproduces physiological effects similar those experienced on the battlefield, and thus builds the necessary mental resiliency for ground special operations force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Special Tactics students learn to breathe underwater

A Special Tactics Training Squadron student’s equipment is laid out during a pre-scuba class at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 29, 2016. The purpose of this training is to familiarize the trainees with the basics of water operations. The training familiarizes trainees with the basics of water operations. The trainees perform tasks such as tying knots underwater, learning how to stay afloat without their arms and hands, and how to use snorkeling gear. Special Tactics students later apply this knowledge to combat dive training. This training also reproduces physiological effects similar those experienced on the battlefield, and thus builds the necessary mental resiliency for ground special operations force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Special Tactics students learn to breathe underwater

A Special Tactics Training Squadron student has their hands bound during a pre-scuba class at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 29, 2016. The training familiarizes trainees with the basics of water operations. The trainees perform tasks such as tying knots underwater, learning how to stay afloat without their arms and hands, and how to use snorkeling gear. Special Tactics students later apply this knowledge to combat dive training. This training also reproduces physiological effects similar those experienced on the battlefield, and thus builds the necessary mental resiliency for ground special operations force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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“Do You Have What It Takes?” Small Team of Airmen ensure Special Tactics growth

A Recruitment, Assesment and Selection cadre yells commands at Special Tactics officer candidates during a selection at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 21, 2014. Special Tactics career field training pipelines are some of the most physically and psychologically challenging in the Air Force. To ensure the correct individuals are on the battlefield, a group of Special Tactics Airmen weed out the cross-training candidates who don’t meet the high standards, putting them through a week-long selection process to select only the best-qualified individuals. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Katrina Cheesman)

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“Do You Have What It Takes?” Small Team of Airmen ensure Special Tactics growth

Master Sgt. Ismael Villegas, section chief of the Recruitment, Assesment and Selection program, administers a physical ability and stamina test at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Dec. 10, 2014. In a two-minute time frame, the Airmen had to perform a specified amount of sit-ups, push-ups, and pull-ups required by the specific Special Tactics career field they wished to enter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Diana M. Cossaboom/Released)

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“Do You Have What It Takes?” Small Team of Airmen ensure Special Tactics growth

Special Tactics officer candidates carry a Zodiac boat to the shore during a selection at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 21, 2014. Special Tactics career field training pipelines are some of the most physically and psychologically challenging in the Air Force. To ensure the correct individuals are on the battlefield, a group of Special Tactics Airmen weed out the cross-training candidates who don’t meet the high standards, putting them through a week-long selection process to select only the best-qualified individuals. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Katrina Cheesman)

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Special operations medical Airmen save lives at sea

Maj. Alex Keller (left center), a surgeon with the 720th Special Tactics Group, supervises the medical treatment of a burn patient on an HC-130 Combat King II, June 23, 2016. Keller, alongside pararescuemen and aircrew from the 372nd Rescue Group, assisted in the rescue and evacuation of fishermen stranded off the shore of Bermuda when their vessel caught fire. (Courtesy photo)

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A dedicated father, Airman laid to rest

Special Tactics members pay their final respects to Lt. Col. William “Bill’ Schroeder, during his interment ceremony, June 16, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Schroeder, 39, was a special operations weather officer who identified a perilous situation and reacted swiftly by putting himself between an armed individual and his first sergeant. In the process, he saved lives of other squadron members while being fatally wounded. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant)

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A dedicated father, Airman laid to rest

U.S. Air Force Airmen perform memorial pushups following Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schroeder’s interment ceremony, June 16, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Schroeder, 39, was a special operations weather officer who identified a perilous situation and reacted swiftly by putting himself between an armed individual and his first sergeant. In the process, he saved lives of other squadron members while being fatally wounded. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant)

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A dedicated father, Airman laid to rest

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Weather Team members pound their career badge – or flash – into the casket of Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schroeder, during his interment ceremony, June 16, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Schroeder, 39, was a special operations weather officer who identified a perilous situation and reacted swiftly by putting himself between an armed individual and his first sergeant. In the process, he saved lives of other squadron members while being fatally wounded. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant)

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A dedicated father, Airman laid to rest

The family of Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schroeder, pay their final respects during Schroeder’s interment ceremony, June 16, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Schroeder, 39, was a special operations weather officer who identified a perilous situation and reacted swiftly by putting himself between an armed individual and his first sergeant. In the process, he saved lives of other squadron members while being fatally wounded. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant)

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A dedicated father, Airman laid to rest

U.S. Air Force Honor Guard members fire a twenty-one gun salute during Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schroeder’s interment ceremony, June 16, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Schroeder, 39, was a special operations weather officer who identified a perilous situation and reacted swiftly by putting himself between an armed individual and his first sergeant. In the process, he saved lives of other squadron members while being fatally wounded. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant)

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A dedicated father, Airman laid to rest

U.S. Air Force Honor Guard members carry the casket of Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schroeder, during his interment, June 16, 2016, at Arlington Nation Cemetery, Virginia. Schroeder, 39, was a special operations weather officer who identified a perilous situation and reacted swiftly by putting himself between an armed individual and his first sergeant. In the process, he saved lives of other squadron members while being fatally wounded. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant)

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Capt. Matthew Roland posthumous Silver Star medal ceremony

Retired Col. Mark Roland, Capt. Matthew Roland's father, speaks during Matthew's posthumous Silver Star medal presentation at Hurlburt Field, June 1, 2016.The family of Capt. Matthew D. Roland, a Special Tactics officer killed in action, was presented his posthumous Silver Star medal by Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command. Matthew D. Roland gave his last full measure to protect teammates during an ambush on his convoy at an Afghan-led security checkpoint near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. The Silver Star medal is the nation's third-highest valorous combat decoration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Capt. Matthew Roland posthumous Silver Star medal ceremony

The family of Capt. Matthew D. Roland, a Special Tactics officer killed in action, was presented his posthumous Silver Star medal by Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 1, 2016. Roland gave his last full measure to protect teammates during an ambush on his convoy at an Afghan-led security checkpoint near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. The Silver Star medal is the nation's third-highest valorous combat decoration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Capt. Matthew Roland posthumous Silver Star medal ceremony

The family of Capt. Matthew D. Roland, a Special Tactics officer killed in action, was presented his posthumous Silver Star medal by Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 1, 2016. Roland gave his last full measure to protect teammates during an ambush on his convoy at an Afghan-led security checkpoint near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. The Silver Star medal is the nation's third-highest valorous combat decoration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Capt. Matthew Roland posthumous Silver Star medal ceremony

The family of Capt. Matthew D. Roland, a Special Tactics officer killed in action, was presented his posthumous Silver Star medal by Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 1, 2016. Roland gave his last full measure to protect teammates during an ambush on his convoy at an Afghan-led security checkpoint near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. The Silver Star medal is the nation's third-highest valorous combat decoration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy/Released)

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With the addition of Special Tactics Teams, SOCCENT provides Joint SOF capability to Eager Lion 2016

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics teams train with Jordanian special operations forces in personnel recovery techniques during Eager Lion 2016. This is one of the first times Special Tactics provided command and control of an exercise joint-task force, directing U.S. Army and Jordanian SOF teams in Air Force ground missions such as personnel recovery and precision strike. Exercise Eager Lion 2016 consisted of simulated real-world scenarios to facilitate a coordinated partnered military response to conventional and unconventional threats. The addition of this SOF asset enhances U.S. and Jordanian effectiveness and capability to respond to real-world crises and threats. (Courtesy photo/Released)

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