Ukusebenza E-Afghanistan
Ngo-TSgt Brian Davidson
I-BAGRAM, i-Afghanistan, - "Inqaba eqinile iyokuma, ababuthakathaka bayowela ngasendleleni." Nge-Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) airmen, lawa angaphezu nje kwesiqubulo; nazo zikhonza njengempi yokulwa.
Kunoma yikuphi lapho amabutho aseMelika atholakala khona, ama-TACP airmen aqinisekile ukuthi ayeseduze. Baqambe ngokuthi "i-Air Force ye-infantry" ngoba basebenzisa iningi lomsebenzi wabo obelwe ama-Army units, abalawuli bezinkambo bangakwazi ukutholwa ngokugcwele ngemisebenzi ekhethekile yokusebenza .
"Indima yethu eyinhloko ukuqondisa izindiza zokulwa nesiteleka," kusho u-Staff Sgt. U-Alan Lesko, isikhulu se-TACP esingenasigungu esiphezulu ne-Army's 10th Mountain Division, esisekela i-Operation Enduring Freedom e-Afghanistan. "Siphinde siqondise izikhali zamabhomu ngemoto." Ukufeza umsebenzi wabo, abaqondisi bekhono basebenza phambili, ngokuvamile ngaphambi kwanoma yiziphi ezinye izinhlangano zempi.
E-Afghanistan, zilawula ibutho lempi ngokuqondisa izigameko zezindiza ze- A-10 Thunderbolt II . Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uhileleke ekuxabaneni okunamandla kakhulu noma impi ejwayelekile ejwayelekile, i-TACP airmen guide ukufutheka okugcwele kwamandla aseMelika.
Eyaziwa ngamasosha okusebenza okhethekile e-Army njengabalawuli abahlaselayo bokuhlaselwa , i-TACP airmen inikeza ukulawula ukuqondisa izindiza ezisekela emoyeni ukukhulisa amandla empi yokulwa emhlabathini. Babuye babe ochwepheshe emagqumeni nasezimpini zasolwandle kanye nokuhlasela kwezindiza ze-helicopter; basebenzisa zonke izimpahla zokulwa ukuze bachithe ukubhujiswa isitha.
"Abanye abantu bacabanga ukuthi singabalawuli bezindiza , kepha lokho akulungile," kusho u-Airman 1st Class James Blair. "Umsebenzi wethu ukulawula ukugcina. Lokhu kusho amabhomu ekubhekiswe kulo, futhi usuku olubi kakhulu isitha." Abalawuli izindiza, baqondisa amabhomu, izikhali, kanye nemicibisholo ezikhundleni zesitha.
La airmen kumele afunde kahle amasu okulwa nomhlaba, futhi ukuqeqesha kwabo kudlulele nakakhulu kwezokulwa kwezempi. I-airmen yokulawulwa kwamacebo isebenza njengabacebisi kumakhomikhali asemhlabathini ekuhleleni nasekuqashweni kwempahla yokulwa, futhi kukhona ukuxhumana phakathi kwamandla ahlangene nehlangene.
E-Afghanistan, i-TACP iqinisekisa ukuhlaselwa komhlaba nokuhlasela kwamaphekula, ukuhlinzeka ngokuphepha kwezokuthutha kwamabutho emibuthano kanye nokusiza ngokuvikeleka kukaMengameli kuhulumeni wase-Afghan osanda kusebenza.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umsebenzi ubelwe yini, uLesko uthe, umthwalo wabo oyinhloko "ukuzingela ababi."
"Umsebenzi wethu lapha ukulwa nenkululeko yobuphekula, ukulwa nezitha zase-Afghanistan, nokuletha lokho kulwa nalabo abasongela ukuthula," esho.
Impi yokuthula nenkululeko ithatha abalawuli bezinkambi ezindaweni ezithile ezibucayi kanye nezimo eziningi ezingenakuqhathaniswa emhlabeni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bazama ukushisa kwamazinga okushisa nomoya omncane ezintabeni zase-Afghanistan, noma ezindaweni eziqothuliwe zase-Iraq, lapho kunesidingo esikhethekile khona, i-TACP iya. Ngokuvamile bangabokuqala nokugcina.
I-TACP airmen ingabonwa ngamabhere abo abamnyama. Nakuba amabhere e-burgundy e-Air Force Pararescuemen kanye ne-berets elibomvu lama-Air Force Combat Controllers aqaphela kalula, i- black beret ayibonakali igqoke amalungu e-Air Force.
Emkhakheni, abalawuli bezintambo bafaka imfashini yempi engaqondakali, ngaphandle kwegama noma amalebula e- Air Force , ama-insignia asezingeni eliphezulu noma izimpawu zamayunithi. Esikhundleni salokho, imihlobiso yabo ihlotshiswe ngama-patches amancane abenza babonakale kubagibeli bezindiza baseMelika besebenzisa imishini ebonakalayo yobusuku, futhi babhalwe ngokucacile emikhondeni nasezikhunjini ngegazi le-airman ngalinye.
Abalawuli bezintambo bangama-Ranger futhi banamakhono afanelekayo, futhi banolwazi emgqeni we-static kanye nasezingeni eliphezulu, ama-parachute aphansi avulekile, kanye nokusebenza kwe-air and assault.
Ukuqeqeshwa kwabo kuqala ngokugcinwa komsakazo okuyisisekelo kanye nokusebenza, bese kuqhubeka nokuhamba komhlaba nokulwa nezisekelo zokusekela emoyeni, kulandelwa isikole sokusinda, lapho befunda khona ukusinda, ukubalekela, ukumelana nokuqeda amaqhinga (SERE).
Ukuze ube yi-Air Force TACP, kumele uqale ukudlulisa ukuhlolwa kobuciko bokuzivocavoca ngokomzimba (ST TACP PFT) njengoba kulawulwa yi-Air Force Special Operations Command.
Kusukela ekuqeqesheni okuyisisekelo kuze kugcwaliswe ukuqeqeshwa okuyi-TACP Special Tactics kuthatha unyaka futhi uma kunzima ukuphikisana ngokomzimba nangokwenyama. I-TACP PFT iqukethe ama-Pullups, ama-Pushups, ama-SItups, ukugijima kwamamayela angu-3, kanye ne-ruck yamamayela angu-12.