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HURLBURT FIELD – One by one, Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron lined up at the back of a C-130, paused, then stepped off the aircraft last Wednesday, completing their free fall training jump into the picturesque water of Florida’s Emerald Coast.
Staff Sgt. Johnnie Yellock Jr., 23rd Special Tactics Squadron combat controller, prepares for his final jump on Oct. 16 before being medically retired at Hurlburt Field. Yellock endured 28 surgeries and two years of intense physical therapy to be able to walk again after his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device during a 2011 deployment to Afghanistan.
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