By Staff Sgt. Victor J. Caputo, 24th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs / Published May 09, 2018
John Farris, student affairs mentor with the Special Tactics Training Squadron, poses with retired Staff Sgt. Jason Morgan, at the STTS, Hurlburt Field, May 7, 2018. Farris presented Morgan with the pewter gray beret worn by all Special Operations Weather Team members after a tour of the STTS facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victor J. Caputo)
John Farris, student affairs mentor with the Special Tactics Training Squadron, right, explains the TMQ-53 tactical meteorological sensor to retired Staff Sgt. Jason Morgan at the STTS, Hurlburt Field, Florida, May, 7, 2018. Farris, who was Morgan’s supervisor when Morgan was injured during operations in Ecuador in 1999, gave Morgan a tour of the STTS to show the advancements made in the special operations weather field over the last two decades. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victor J. Caputo)
Retired Staff Sgt. Jason Morgan looks at the Lt. Col. William Schroeder Memorial Award at the Special Tactics Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 7, 2018. Morgan, a former combat weatherman, learned about the special operations weather community’s tribute to Schroeder, a career special operations weather officer who was killed in 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victor J. Caputo)
Retired Staff Sgt. Jason Morgan embraces his service dog, Rue, while touring the Special Tactics Training Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 7, 2018. Morgan, who was a combat weatherman before being injured while operating in Ecuador in 1999, toured the STTS to learn about the evolution of his career field into its own Air Force Specialty Code and integration into special tactics squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victor J. Caputo)