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After going through the gates on Hurlburt and Eglin for as long as I have, I find it weird when I go to other bases and the guard doesn’t look at my face when he or she checks my i.d. I also find it weird when the guards don’t ask for a visitor’s pass from the passenger.
It can get annoying when both guards are scanning i.d cards but I’m okay with that. Even if it does make me almost late for work.


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16 Special Operations airmen will leave Hurlburt Field with 40-pound rucksacks slung over their shoulders and march 450 miles to Tampa. The four relay “ruck” teams will march day and night through Feb. 8, the date of their expected arrival at the headquarters of U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base. They are marching to honor five of their Special Ops comrades who were killed in action over the last year and to raise money for the children they left behind to go to college. Capt. Ryan Hall, 30, Capt. Nicholas Whitlock, 29, 1st Lt. Justin Wilken, 26, and Senior Airman Julian Scholten, 26, died when their U28-A airplane crashed in the Horn of Africa Feb. 18. Feb. 28, Lt. Col. John Loftis, 44, was shot to death at his desk during an attack on the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan.

16 Special Operations airmen will leave Hurlburt Field with 40-pound rucksacks slung over their shoulders and march 450 miles to Tampa. The four relay “ruck” teams will march day and night through Feb. 8, the date of their expected arrival at the headquarters of U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base. They are marching to honor five of their Special Ops comrades who were killed in action over the last year and to raise money for the children they left behind to go to college.

  • Capt. Ryan Hall, 30, Capt. Nicholas Whitlock, 29, 1st Lt. Justin Wilken, 26, and Senior Airman Julian Scholten, 26, died when their U28-A airplane crashed in the Horn of Africa Feb. 18.
  • Feb. 28, Lt. Col. John Loftis, 44, was shot to death at his desk during an attack on the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Jay DeGraw poses members of the Hurlburt Field Honor Guard, after completing a retreat ceremony at his residence in Navarre, Fla. DeGraw, who retired in 1969 after completing 26 years of service, requested the Hurlburt Field Honor Guard to carry out the ceremony on his final day at his home before moving into a retirement community. 

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A U.S. Air Force UH-1N Huey Gunship lands on the beach in Navarre Florida on Aug. 13. The 6TH Special Operations Squadron flies the Huey in support of their mission of combat aviation advisory. 

A U.S. Air Force UH-1N Huey Gunship lands on the beach in Navarre Florida on Aug. 13. The 6TH Special Operations Squadron flies the Huey in support of their mission of combat aviation advisory. 

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Hurlburt Field memorial ceremony

  • A ceremony honoring 13 Hurlburt Field airmen killed in 2 plane crashes in 2002 was held on the base on Friday morning.
Today’s elite Special Operations force was built through the sacrifice of men and women who risked their lives a decade ago after 9/11.
Nine Hurlburt Field airmen who died in two aircraft crashes in 2002 were among those who helped craft the new Special Forces, Col. Jim Slife, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing, said at a Friday memorial service in their honor. About 1,500 family members, friends and comrades gathered Friday to honor two airmen who died aboard Chariot 55 when it went down near Gardez, Afghanistan, on June 2, 2002, and seven Hurlburt airmen on Talon 13, which crashed in Puerto Rico the following Aug. 7.
Tech Sgt. Sean M. Corlew and Staff Sgt. Anissa A. Shero died when Chariot 55 crashed during a nighttime mission to evacuate three Special Forces soldiers and their vehicles from a landing strip in Afghanistan. Sgt. 1st Class Peter Tycz from Fort Bragg, N.C., was also killed.
  1. Tech Sgt. Sean M. Corlew 
  2. Staff Sgt. Anissa A. Shero 
  3. Sgt. 1st Class Peter Tycz 
  4. Maj. Gregory W. Fritz
  5. Maj. Michael J. Akos
  6. Capt. Cristel A. Chavez
  7. Lt. Nathanial D. Buckley
  8. Tech Sgt. Steve Johnson
  9. Staff Sgt. Robert J. McGuire Jr. 
  10. Staff Sgt. Shane H. Kimmett 
  11. Tech Sgt. Martin A. Tracy 
  12. Tech Sgt. Christopher Matero 
  13. Capt. Panuk Soom-Sa-Was-Di
An MC-130H Combat Talon II, the same type of aircraft as Chariot 55 and Talon13, passed overhead.

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 Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Colon-Lopez, command chief of 1st Special Operations Wing, gives tactical instructions to his fellow team members on the paintball field at Hurlburt Field on July 27, 2012. Chief Master Sgt. Colon-Lopez’s prior strategic experience was a key asset to the chiefs’ team.

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The 24th Special Opertions Wing at Hurlburt Field was activated today.

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I get bored in the car.

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This was on my way to the gym at Hurlburt Field :)

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U.S. Army Special Forces rest on a C-130J Super Hercules while waiting to land at their destination during Emerald Warrior 2012, Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 3, 2012.        Hurlburt :)

U.S. Army Special Forces rest on a C-130J Super Hercules while waiting to land at their destination during Emerald Warrior 2012, Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 3, 2012.       

Hurlburt :)

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