Air Force Special Ops

Being Silent professionals is a lost art.

Because no one wants to admit to needing the Air Force to save them.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1443
http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=3525
http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=3624

I have a SEAL buddy who claimed the AF combat controllers are the best across all the branches. He said they were all 'a little nuts'.

Because the Air Force (even AFSOC) is almost never the supported force. Their job is to be a supporting force. You never hear of a team of combat controllers getting into a fight because they are generally attached to a SEAL or SF team when they get into a fight. AFSOC are the ones with the capabilities that the other SOF units like to have with them when they need it.

We should actually... The PJ's are who all the other Special Forces call when THEY are in trouble...

I have a lot of respect for the Air Force Special Ops community.

We shouldn't hear much about any of them. Much of the glamour might be due to the longer history and larger size of the other services. As much as people hear about Rangers, what about Army SF? There is a difference, but most people might think SF is synonymous with SOF - so erroneously think Rangers are Army SF. SEALS? What about SWCC? Transformers had AF, as did Capt America 2. Of course TSgts don't become CMSgts in a 2yr timeframe, PJs aren't pilots and don't fly jet packs, and SrA don't sit next to 4 star Generals and advise them. So as much BS goes into what people "hear" (or see in movies) about the military - does it matter? I'd just as soon be left out of the spotlight if I were an AFSOC Operator.

http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/554378/tacp-receives-second-silver-star-medal.aspx

"I told my friends and the guys around me. For that first Silver Star, I was a lot younger, that was kind of for me," he said. "I didn't have the mature enough mindset to understand the ramifications of that. This is really for my career field. I firmly believe that, of the other certified JTACs, I'm almost positive that 98 percent plus of them would have done what I did. I just went to work that night."

I am proud to have worked with this guy at Benning for the six years I was there. For the other TACP that were mentors to me, well you never met a better group of chuckleheads. The camaraderie and swapping stories was all we needed...no need for a spotlight then or now.

It's so much easier to look bad#^%# when wearing green cammies.

If you the best at what you do, you don't have to brag about it!!!