Iphrofayela Yomsebenzi: I-Air Force Pararescue Specialist

Uma ucabanga ukuthi yonke imisebenzi ebhalisiwe e-Air Force imayelana nokulungisa izindiza noma ukuhlela ama-satellite esikhaleni sangaphandle - ukushiya umsebenzi we-"grunt" ku-Army and Marines - cabanga futhi. I-Air Force Pararescue Specialists , eyaziwa nangokuthi i-PJs, ibambe isikhundla se-elite hhayi kuphela e-Air Force kodwa emphakathini wempi ekhethekile.

Ngokuqeqeshwa okuphelele emaqenjini okulwa, ukukhululwa kanye nokususwa kwemithi, kanye nemithi ephuthumayo, i-PJs ifakwa ngesiqubulo esithi "Ukuze abanye baphile," kubonisa ukuzibophezela kwabo emngciphekweni wokuphila kanye nesigungu ngemuva kwemigqa yesitha lapho kunesidingo sabashayeli bezindiza - noma noma iyiphi i-servicemember noma umlingani, ngenxa yalolu daba - udinga ukukhululwa.

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Ama-airmen afanelekayo aphikisayo kufanele abe izakhamuzi zaseMelika ezineminyaka engaphansi kwengu-28 futhi zifinyelele amaphuzu ajwayelekile ezobuchwepheshe okungenani angu-44 ku- Battery Services Vocational Battery Battery (ASVAB) . Kodwa lokho kuyisiqalo nje. (Uma usukhulile futhi uzama ukujoyina i-Pararescue ngensizakalo yangaphambili yempi ngaphansi kwebhande lakho, ungajoyina isikhathi eside umahluko phakathi kweminyaka yobudala bakho kanye neminyaka owakhonza ngayo amatalenta angaphansi kuka-28.) Njengamalungu e-Special Forces asebenza ukuthunjwa okubucayi, amalungu ePararescue kumele akwazi ukufaneleka ukuthola imvume yokuphepha emfihlo

Ngokwemvelo, abafakizicelo kumele babe nombono wombala olungiswayo ku-20/20, balinganise phakathi kuka-5-foot-4 no-6-foot-5, futhi bakwazi ukudlula indiza ye-Air Force ye-Air Force 3. O, futhi masingakhohlwa ukuthi sikwazi ukudlulisa Amakhono Amandla kanye Nokuhlolwa Kwe-Stamina Test (PAST) okungenani kabili ngaphambi kokuthunyelwa ekamelweni lokubhuka:

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Ukulandela izinyanga ezimbili ku-Air Force ukuqeqeshwa okuyisisekelo e- Lackland Air Force Base (AFB) eTexas , abaqashi abasha abaye bafaka umgwaqo wokuqala ePararescue basenomgwaqo omude ngaphambi kwabo: I-Air Force ilungisa iminyaka emibili ukulungiselela amabutho akhethekile amabutho okwenza umsebenzi wangempela (ungacabangi izinsuku zokuqeqesha kuphela, kodwa isikhathi esingekho emsebenzini, sokuphatha, nokuhamba.) Ngokusho kwewebhusayithi ye-Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), ibhuloho lokuqeqeshwa lakhiwe ngezikole eziyisishiyagalombili ezahlukene.

Konke kuqala ngeSonto Lama-Indoctrination Course e-Lackland elizwakala kimi njengenhlanganisela yokuzama ukuphuma kanye nekhamera yesibili yebhokisi, kuhlanganise nokusebenza okuningi okujezisa ngokomzimba nezisekelo eziyisisekelo ezifana nokuthi "i-dive physics ... nokuvuselelwa kwe-cardiopulmonary, izikhali iziqu, umlando wePJ kanye nobuholi bokuphendula. "

Labo abasinda bayobamba i-Georgia ukuya e-Fort Benning's Army Airborne School, i-week-service service joint joint for parachuting basics. Uma ukuwa kungesona ukwesaba kwakho okukhulu, zama ukuzamazama: Okulandelayo kunamasonto ayisithupha e-Panama City FL e-Air Force Combat Diver School kanye nosuku ku-Training Pressacular Underwater Egress ukuqeqeshwa kwe-Pensacola (lapho kukufundisa khona ukuba ubalekele emkhunjini ogwazayo.) Ukuhlukunyezwa okuqhubekayo kulindeleke esikoleni sokugcina esisisekelo seviki ezimbili e Fairchild AFB kanye namanye amaviki ayisihlanu e-parachuting mahhala e-North Carolina Army ngaphandle kwe-Fort Bragg.

Manje, ukubhala kabusha okuncane kokudala kungase kuhambe ngendlela ende ukuze kuqinisekiswe abaqashi bomphakathi ukuthi wonke lawa makghono afana no-Chuck Norris ayakuba yimpahla enkampanini. (Cabanga nje ngemali yonke abazoyilondoloza ngokuyiqhuba wonke ama-retraats "okwakhiwa kwamathimba.") Kodwa ukuqeqeshwa kwePararescue nakho kunikeza imfundo yangempela yonke-izindleko-ezikhokhelwa ngokushesha uma ushiya inkonzo: Izinyanga ezinhlanu nengxenye yokuqeqeshwa kwezokwelapha e- Kirtland AFB , eNew Mexico, okuholela ekuqinisekiseni isiqinisekiso esivela kuzwelonke njenge- Paramedic .

Lesi yisinyathelo noma ezimbili ngaphambi kwezidakamizwa ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezingeni lokungena noma abaphathi be-Navy , abaqala njengabachwepheshe bezokwelapha eziphuthumayo uma benenhlanhla.

Umgwaqo omude usuphetha lapho eKirtland ngensizakalo ye-Pararescue Recovery Specialist yezinyanga eziyisithupha, okwenza konke ukuqeqeshwa kwangaphambilini kuthwale umgomo oyinhloko wokukhulula abasebenzi abathintekayo emigqeni yezitha: Kukhona lapho i-PJs ekugcineni yaba ochwepheshe "ekusekelweni kwezinto eziyisisekelo, amaqhinga ensimu , izintaba, amaqhinga okulwa, i-parachuting ethuthukile ne-helicopter ukufaka / ukukhipha, "ngokusho kwephephandaba le-AFSOC.