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8th SOS hosts Operation Eagle Claw memorial ceremony

Written by Staff Reporters on June 29, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Hurlburt Field - Team Hurlburt gathered together to remember Operation Eagle Claw at a memorial ceremony June 23, and pay tribute to the five Air Commandos assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron and three Marines who lost their lives during the mission.

Military Special Tactics integrate into Marine Raider training

Written by Staff Reporters on June 22, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - For the first time in history, members from another service spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Individual Training Course, with one goal in mind: learn how to lead a joint ground force.

Big Brothers Big Sisters announces Military Big of the Year

Written by Staff Reporters on June 15, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida presented the Ron Mobayed Military Big of the Year award to Master Sgt. Carl E. Byrd Sunday at First City Church. The Big of the Year award is presented to the Big Brother or Big Sister who has gone above and beyond as a positive role model.

Strike, Access, Recovery: USAF Special Tactics becomes a team with partner SOF

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

King Abdulla Special Operations Task Center, Jordan -- One by one, parachutes pop open, silhouetted in the Jordanian sunset as joint nation special operations forces float toward the desert terrain below—completing a military free fall from 18,000 feet out of a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules.

Eglin’s testers deploy to Alaska’s NORTHERN EDGE

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Eglin Air Force Base - Aircraft from the 53rd Wing and 96th Test Wing deployed for a two-week exercise in Alaska to test F-15 and F-16 systems in a realistic threat environment. The Operational Flight Program Combined Test Force teamed with a number of units across the 53rd WG and the 96th TW to execute F-15C, F-15E and F-16 flight tests from April 25 to May 13.

Invalid IDs for base access

Written by Staff Reporters on June 1, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Security Forces UPDATE 2: Beginning June 7, anyone seeking access onto Eglin AFB using a state identification issued from Alaska, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia or Washington will no longer be authorized access without providing an alternate identification credential. Individuals who fall under this category who do not have alternate identification credentials may be escorted onto the installation. For information regarding each states REAL ID status, please visit the website, or contact the base pass and registration section.

New consumer program protects those that protect the nation

Written by Staff Reporters on May 25, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced May 18 a new state consumer protection program focused on protecting the men and women who protect our nation.

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics trains to lead, build partnership in Jordan

Written by Staff Reporters on May 25, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Explosions reverberate throughout the city, and rapid gunfire echoes off the stucco buildings as a joint nation special operations force fast-ropes onto a three-story building to infiltrate the hostile city.

492nd SOW activation completes circle of Air Commando history

Written by Staff Reporters on May 18, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Hurlburt Field - The Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center was inactivated, and the 492nd Special Operations Wing was activated during a ceremony here, May 10. Simultaneously, the 492nd Special Operations Group and the 492nd Special Operations Training Group were activated under the 492nd SOW.

That Others May Live: Benjamin Mitchell to receive Jackson Foundation award

Written by Staff Reporters on May 11, 2017. Posted in Military, News.

Hurlburt Field - Four hundred and fourteen trauma evaluations, 141 gunshot wounds, 270 blast injuries, 102 damage-control resuscitations, 51 chest tubes, 21 intubations and 15 urgent surgical operations…for some this may be a list of numbers and medical jargon.