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Passing the torch: Ex-commando inspires youth for special operations
Patrick Air Force Base (AFNS) – While most people spend their off time catching up on their favorite shows, playing video games, or catching up on social media, one Reserve Airman and clinical nurse with the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, spends his evenings training the future men and women of special operations.
Lt. Col. (Dr.) Arnold T. Stocker of South Florida Tactical Athletes, a preparatory school for those looking to join special operations, oversees water confidence training, August 8, 2018, at a pool in Plantation, Florida. Stocker, who leads the program, is a clinical nurse with the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron who held two special operations careers as an Army Special Forces medical sergeant and Air Force Pararescueman. (U.S. Air Force photo Tech. Sgt. Jared Trimarchi)
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