Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 137th Special Operations Wing | 08.26.2021
U.S. Navy SEALs wait at an extraction point marked by an M18 colored smoke grenade during Sentry Rescue IV, a joint command initiative to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for personnel recovery scenarios, Arkansas, Aug. 26, 2021. The smoke grenade was used to signal the extraction location for a CH-47 Chinook from the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment,......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 137th Special Operations Wing | 08.26.2021
A U.S. Navy SEAL throws an M18 colored smoke grenade during a sweep of a training compound during Sentry Rescue IV, a joint command initiative to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for personnel recovery scenarios, Arkansas, Aug. 26, 2021. Special warfare operators use smoke grenades for signaling purposes or creating a distraction. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 137th Special Operations Wing | 08.26.2021
U.S. Navy SEALs load onto a CH-47 Chinook during Sentry Rescue IV, a joint command initiative to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for personnel recovery scenarios, Arkansas, Aug. 26, 2021. The SEALs practiced rotary wing infiltration, small unit tactics, hostage rescue and exfiltration as part of joint training with U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Airmen. (U.S. Air National Guard......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 137th Special Operations Wing | 08.26.2021
Tactical air control party specialists from the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron and U.S. Navy SEALs move toward a landing zone as they evacuate isolated personnel and simulated injured members from a compound during Sentry Rescue IV, a joint command initiative to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for personnel recovery scenarios, Arkansas, Aug. 26, 2021. The full-spectrum......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 137th Special Operations Wing | 08.26.2021
U.S. Navy SEALs rescue an isolated person in a compound while a CH-47 Chinook prepares to land for evacuation of forces from a compound during Sentry Rescue IV, a joint command initiative to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for personnel recovery scenarios, Arkansas, Aug. 26, 2021. The ground forces, which included Special Warfare Airmen from the 146th Air Support Operations......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 137th Special Operations Wing | 08.26.2021
Master Sgt. Edina Dickerson, noncommissioned officer in charge of personnel from the 137th Special Operations Mission Support Group, poses with a simulated rifle during Sentry Rescue IV, a joint command initiative to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for personnel recovery scenarios, at Razorback Range near Fort Smith, Arkansas, Aug. 26, 2021. Members of both Air Force Special......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 137th Special Operations Wing | 08.26.2021
U.S. Navy SEALs guard the entrance to a compound while an A-10 Thunderbolt II flies overhead during Sentry Rescue IV, a joint command initiative to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for personnel recovery scenarios, Arkansas, Aug. 26, 2021. The ground forces, which included Special Warfare Airmen from the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, were supported by A-10s from Whiteman Air......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 137th Special Operations Wing | 08.26.2021
U.S. Air Force Airman Hilton Lawton, an operations intelligence analyst for the 552nd Operations Support Squadron, acts as an isolated person and calls in for evacuation during Sentry Rescue IV, a joint command initiative to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for personnel recovery scenarios, at Razorback Range near Fort Smith, Arkansas, Aug. 26, 2021. Members of Force Special......
