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Calm in the chaos

Combat Control School students assigned to the 352nd Battlefield Airmen Training Squadron, hike through overgrown woodlands during a tactics field training exercise at Camp Mackall, N.C., Aug. 3, 2016. The 352nd BA TS, or Combat Controller School, is the home of a 13-week course that provides initial CCT qualifications. The training includes, small unit tactics, land navigation, communications, assault zones, physical training demolitions, fire support and field operations including parachuting. At the completion of this course, each graduate is awarded the three-skill level, scarlet beret and CCT flash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Calm in the chaos

A 342nd Battlefield Airman Training Squadron Combat Control School student scans the woods as rear security for his unit during a tactics field training exercise at Camp Mackall, N.C., Aug. 3, 2016. The 342nd BATS, or Combat Controller School, is the home of a 13-week course that provides initial CCT qualifications. The training includes, small unit tactics, land navigation, communications, assault zones, physical training demolitions, fire support and field operations including parachuting. At the completion of this course, each graduate is awarded the three-skill level, scarlet beret and CCT flash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Calm in the chaos

A 352nd Battlefield Airman Training Squadron Combat Control School student scans the woods as rear security for his unit during a tactics field training exercise at Camp Mackall, N.C., Aug. 3, 2016. The FTX is a culmination of tactics learned in the first year of the CCT pipeline; which entails weapons handling, team leader procedures, patrol base operations, troop leading and small unit tactics under fire in one mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Calm in the chaos

Combat Control School students assigned to the 352nd Battlefield Airman Training Squadron are ambushed at their drop-off point during a tactics field training exercise at Camp Mackall, N.C., Aug. 3, 2016. The FTX is a culmination of tactics learned in the first year of the CCT pipeline; which entails weapons handling, team leader procedures, patrol base operations, troop leading and small unit tactics under fire in one mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Calm in the chaos

Combat Control School students assigned to the 352nd Battlefield Airmen Training Squadron go over their mission before a tactics field training exercise at Camp Mackall, N.C., Aug. 3, 2016. The FTX is a culmination of tactics learned in the first year of the CCT pipeline; which entails weapons handling, team leader procedures, patrol base operations, troop leading and small unit tactics under fire in one mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Southwest Asia TACP

An Air Liaison Officer communicates with a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet supporting Operation Spartan Shield Sept. 11, 2012, in Southwest Asia. Approximately five percent of TACPs are selected as special operators from their previous assignments in support of conventional ground forces to a Special Operations Forces capacity, with most going to the 17th Special Tactics Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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Combat control chief comes full circle

Col. Michael Martin, commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, speaks during Chief Master Sgt. Marshall Farris’s, Headquarters Air Force combat control functional manager, retirement ceremony at the Combat Control School on Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Aug. 5, 2016. As the combat control functional manager, Farris was responsible for the leadership and training of more than 600 combat control Airmen -- managing force structure, manning programs and recruiting to ensure CCT forces were available and mission ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Combat control chief comes full circle

A member of the Pope Army Airfield Base Honor Guard salutes an American Flag to mark Chief Master Sgt. Marshall Farris’, Headquarters Air Force combat control functional manager, retirement during a ceremony at the Combat Control School on Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Aug. 5, 2016. As the combat control functional manager, Farris was responsible for the leadership and training of more than 600 combat control Airmen -- managing force structure, manning programs and recruiting to ensure CCT forces were available and mission ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Combat control chief comes full circle

Chief Master Sgt. Marshall Farris, Headquarters Air Force combat control functional manager, speaks during his retirement ceremony at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Aug 5, 2016. Farris deployed 12 times and participated in 33 joint-partner operations in support of combat control missions spanning a 30-year career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Combat control chief comes full circle

Chief Master Sgt. Marshall Farris, Headquarters Air Force combat control functional manager, receives a retirement pin from his wife during a retirement ceremony at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Aug 5, 2016. Farris deployed 12 times and participated in 33 joint-partner operations in support of combat control missions spanning a 30-year career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Combat control chief comes full circle

Col. Michael Martin, commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, issues Chief Master Sgt. Marshall Farris, Headquarters Air Force combat control functional manager, a retirement certificate at the Combat Control School on Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Aug. 5, 2016. Farris deployed 12 times and participated in 33 joint-partner operations in support of combat control missions spanning a 30-year career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Combat control chief comes full circle

The Pope Army Airfield Base Honor Guard perform an American Flag to mark Chief Master Sgt. Marshall Farris’s, Headquarters Air Force combat control functional manager, retirement during a ceremony at the Combat Control School on Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Aug. 5, 2016. Farris deployed 12 times and participated in 33 joint-partner operations in support of combat control missions spanning a 30-year career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Future officers forfeit summer to train with Special Tactics

Master Sgt. Ismael Villegas, section chief assigned to the Special Tactics Training Squadron recruitment, assessment and selection team, quizzes ROTC cadets during a Special Tactics orientation course at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 29, 2016. Run twice a summer by the 24th Special Operations Wing, 48 cadets spent a week learning what it takes to become a Special Tactics officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Future officers forfeit summer to train with Special Tactics

An ROTC cadet swims during a physical training competition --called a "monster mash"-- at a Special Tactics orientation course at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 29, 2016. Run twice a summer by the 24th Special Operations Wing, 48 cadets spent a week learning what it takes to become a Special Tactics officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Future officers forfeit summer to train with Special Tactics

Col. Michael Martin, commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, talks with ROTC cadets during a Special Tactics orientation course at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 29, 2016. Run twice a summer by the 24th Special Operations Wing, 48 cadets spent a week learning what it takes to become a Special Tactics officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Future officers forfeit summer to train with Special Tactics

Air Force ROTC cadets bear-crawl during a physical training competition --called a "monster mash"-- at a Special Tactics orientation course at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 29, 2016. Run twice a summer by the 24th Special Operations Wing, 48 cadets spent a week learning what it takes to become a Special Tactics officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Future officers forfeit summer to train with Special Tactics

Air Force ROTC cadets wade into the water during a physical training competition --called a "monster mash"-- at a Special Tactics orientation course at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 29, 2016. Run twice a summer by the 24th Special Operations Wing, 48 cadets spent a week learning what it takes to become a Special Tactics officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

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Policy changes allow Airmen to retrain into special operations

Special Tactics officer candidates pull 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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Policy changes allow Airmen to retrain into special operations

An Airman from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron climbs into a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook during helo-casting training operations off the coast of Hawaii. The five-foot ocean swells provided the operators with a challenging environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

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A-10s train at White Sands Missile Range

U.S. Air Force combat controllers from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., perform air traffic control radio transmissions to an A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot of the 354th Fighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., approaching an austere landing strip during training at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Dec. 4, 2014. The combat controllers set up the landing strip as part of their initial and reoccurring training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chris Massey/Released)

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