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WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY -Pararescue Jumpers test their marksmanship skills on the range at FS Gabreski Air National Guard Station during a weeklong Pararescue Rodeo being hosted this week by the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard. Teams from across the country are participating.
PJ Stands for Pararescue Jumper, the specialists trained to jump into water or hostile terrain to retrieve downed Airmen.
The weeklong competition simulates real world scenarios testing the core skill sets of each rescue team.
Event scenarios include Tactical Combat Casualty Care, Military Free-fall and Static-line parachuting Operations, Tactical Carbine and Pistol marksmanship, Zodiac Boat Operations, Maritime Navigation and High Angle / Confined-Space Rescue Operations. The competition works to foster teamwork, and esprit de corps among the Guardian Angels.
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Spectrum News -- Wed, 12 Mar 2025 Additional pay approved for National Guard members deployed to N.Y. state prisons (video) ROCHESTER, N.Y. Following the end of a correction worker strike at various prisons across New York state that lasted 22 days, whats next for the members of the National Guard who stepped... (more)
NationalGuard.mil, -- Wed, 12 Mar 2025 New York National Guard Helps Fight Long Island Blaze WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. When a massive wildfire threatened Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base March 8, the New York Air National Guards 106th Rescue Wing went into action to defend... (more)
News 12 Bronx -- Thu, 20 Feb 2025 Video shows National Guard helicopters land on ballfield in Port Morris The incident was reported as happening on Third Avenue. UPDATE: The mayor's office tells News 12 the helicopters were from the National Guard and in response to the corrections officers... (more)
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