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17th STS dedicates building to late TACP operator

A family member of Master Sgt. Joshua Gavulic, a ST TACP operator with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron, takes a photo of a painting of Gavulic during a building dedication ceremony at Fort Benning, Ga., Feb. 23, 2019. More than 60 friends, teammates and family gathered at the newly renamed Master Sgt. Joshua M. Gavulic Human Performance Center as Gavulic’s namesake was forever cemented into Special Tactics and Fort Benning History. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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17th STS dedicates building to late TACP operator

A Special Tactics tactical air control party operator with the 24th Special Operations Wing gives remarks during the Master Sgt. Joshua M. Gavulic Human Performance Center building dedication ceremony at Fort Benning, Ga., Feb. 23, 2019. On Feb 21, 2014, Gavulic, a ST TACP operator with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron, was killed in a parachute accident while conducting a military free-fall proficiency training mission in Eloy, Arizona. Special Tactics operators with the 17th STS, 24th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, deploy with special operations forces to provide joint terminal attack control and maximize the impacts of air power by controlling and directing precise strikes to destroy enemy terrain, positions and resources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Hundreds of Special Tactics Airmen, trainees, and supporters perform memorial pushups to kick off the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 22, 2019, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing are rucking 830-miles from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, Fla., to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

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Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing lead hundreds of Airmen, trainees, and supporters during the initial five-mile starting leg of the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 22, 2019, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. This is the 5th Special Tactics Memorial March since 2009 and since it originated as the “Tim Davis Memorial March.” The march was renamed to honor all fallen Special Tactics Airmen in 2011 to the “Special Tactics Memorial March.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

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A 50-pound rucksack is staged in preparation of the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 22, 2019, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing are rucking 830-miles from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, Fla., to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

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Hundreds of Special Tactics Airmen, trainees, and supporters perform memorial pushups to kick off the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 22, 2019, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Twenty Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing are rucking 830-miles from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, Fla., to pay tribute to Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin who was killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2018, and in honor of the other 19 Special Tactics Airmen who have been killed in action since 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

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Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing lead hundreds of Airmen, trainees, and supporters during the initial five-mile starting leg of the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 22, 2019, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. This is the 5th Special Tactics Memorial March since 2009 and since it originated as the “Tim Davis Memorial March.” The march was renamed to honor all fallen Special Tactics Airmen in 2011 to the “Special Tactics Memorial March.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, left, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, congratulates U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. As the commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, Tudor is responsible for preparing Air Force Special Tactics Teams to conduct global air, space, and cyber-enabled special operations across the spectrum of conflict to prepare for, fight, and win our nation’s wars. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, aids his grandfather in the pinning of the brigadier general rank on Tudor’s scarlet beret during a promotion ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. Tudor has spent the preponderance of his career in special operations ground combat assignments and deployed extensively in support of joint and coalition special operations leading combat, humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping operations globally. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, right, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, administers the officer’s oath to U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. As the commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, Tudor is responsible for preparing Air Force Special Tactics Teams to conduct global air, space, and cyber-enabled special operations across the spectrum of conflict to prepare for, fight, and win our nation’s wars. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, gives remarks during his promotion ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. Tudor has spent the preponderance of his career in special operations ground combat assignments and deployed extensively in support of joint and coalition special operations leading combat, humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping operations globally. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

The family of U.S. Air Force Col. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, attend Tudor's promotion ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. Hundreds of family, friends and teammates gathered as Tudor was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Guilmain, command chief of the 24th Special Operations Wing, narrates the promotion ceremony of U.S. Air Force Col. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. As the commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, Tudor is responsible for preparing Air Force Special Tactics Teams to conduct global air, space, and cyber-enabled special operations across the spectrum of conflict to prepare for, fight, and win our nation’s wars. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, salutes as members of the Hurlburt Field honor guard present the colors during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. As the commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, Tudor is responsible for preparing Air Force Special Tactics Teams to conduct global air, space, and cyber-enabled special operations across the spectrum of conflict to prepare for, fight, and win our nation’s wars. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, gives remarks during the promotion ceremony of U.S. Air Force Col. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. Tudor earned an Air Force commission through the Troy State University Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1992 and immediately entered the pipeline to become a Special Tactics officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

A Special Tactics pararescueman with the 24th Special Operations Wing unfurls the brigadier general flag of U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. Hundreds of family, friends and teammates gathered as Tudor, commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Commander of Special Tactics enterprise to be promoted to brigad

Members of the Hurlburt Field honor guard present the colors during the promotion ceremony of U.S. Air Force Col. Claude K. Tudor, Jr., at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 8, 2019. Hundreds of family, friends and teammates gathered as Tudor, commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Pick)

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Memorial held for ST Airman killed in off-duty accident

U.S. Air Force Col. Claude Tudor, commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Guilmain, command chief of the 24th SOW, and U.S. Air Force Col. Rene Leon, Air Force Special Operations Command director of logistics, engineering and force protection, render a salute during a memorial ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 1, 2019. The ceremony was held in honor of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jorge Hernandez, a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron who was killed in an off-duty accident in Tennessee, Jan. 1, 2019. Hundreds of military personnel, friends and family were in attendance during the service to commemorate Hernandez’s life. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dennis Spain)

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Memorial held for ST Airman killed in off-duty accident

Members of the 24th Special Operations Wing render a salute during the playing of taps at a memorial ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 1, 2019. The ceremony was held in honor of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jorge Hernandez, a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron who was killed in an off-duty accident in Tennessee, Jan. 1, 2019. Hernandez was specially trained and equipped for immediate deployment into combat operations to conduct global access, precision strike and personnel recovery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dennis Spain)

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Memorial held for ST Airman killed in off-duty accident

Tobi Marez, head wrestling coach at Fort Walton Beach High School, speaks during a memorial ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 1, 2019. The ceremony was held in honor of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jorge Hernandez, a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron who was killed in an off-duty accident in Tennessee, Jan. 1, 2019. Hernandez was an avid volunteer in the local community. Specifically, he invested time in teaching Fort Walton Beach High School Students wrestling techniques. Dozens of FWBHS students attended the ceremony to honor and remember Hernandez. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dennis Spain)

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