SF Wounded Warriors physically, mentally tested by stress shoot

Photo By Staff Sgt. William Waller | A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) engages targets from inside a building during a shooting event testing his physical and mental stamina Oct. 30 on an Eglin Air Force Base range. The Special Forces soldier, who is also a wounded warrior, was required to hit targets located at varying distances in the numerical order painted on them as part of an evaluation testing his ability to engage targets despite his elevated heart rate and rapid breathing.  

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL, UNITED STATES

10.30.2015

Story by Capt. Thomas Cieslak 

7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

EGLIN AIR BASE, Florida - Green Berets assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conducted a shooting event testing their physical and mental stamina Oct. 30 on an Eglin Air Force Base range.

The Special Forces soldiers, who are also wounded warriors, were required to hit targets located at varying distances while sprinting in-between obstacles and over terrain as part of an evaluation testing their ability to engage targets despite an elevated heart rate and rapid breathing.

• Date Taken: 10.30.2015
• Date Posted: 11.06.2015 06:22
• Story ID: 181138
• Location: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL, US