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Gold Star families join Special Tactics Airmen during the final stretch of a memorial march to Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 13, 2015. The team of 20 Special Tactics Airmen started at 2 a.m. on Oct. 4, from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and marched 812 miles through five states to meet with the gold star families and end the memorial march with a ceremony on Hurlburt Field. Each two-man team walked approximately 90 miles during the 10-day trek while carrying a 50-pound ruck sack and a commemorative baton engraved with a fallen Special Tactics Airman's name. The memorial march is only held when a Special Tactics operator is killed in action that year, but honors all 19 Special Tactics pararescuemen and combat controllers who have been killed in action since 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jeff Parkinson)
| Date Taken: | 10.13.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 10.14.2015 17:23 |
| Photo ID: | 2231012 |
| VIRIN: | 151013-F-HG908-048 |
| Resolution: | 4640x3088 |
| Size: | 3.32 MB |
| Location: | HURLBURT FIELD, FL, US |
| Web Views: | 15 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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