afrotc-l: Combat Rescue Officers

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Air Force seeks combat rescue officers

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- The Air Force is looking for men
interested in becoming combat rescue officers.

Combat rescue officers lead combat rescue operations as direct combatants.
They perform duties as mission planners and provide expertise in survival,
evasion, resistance, and escape to command staffs and battle staffs.

Applicants must be male officers or male enlisted candidates who meet
Officer Training School entry requirements. They must be able to do 50
sit-ups, eight chin-ups, 50 push-ups, 50 flutter kicks, a 25-meter
underwater swim, a 1,000-meter swim in 26 minutes, and a 1.5-mile run in
10.5 minutes. Trainees complete combat diver school, parachute training,
pararescue school, medical training and military-tactics training.

Applicants may contact Lt. Col. Thomas Phillips at (703) 693-5544, DSN
223-5544 or at thomas.phillips@pentagon.af.mil for more information.

(Please DO NOT respond to me, I am just the messenger - Maj Nena Wiley, SWR)