Pararescue

Pararescue Jumpers (PJs) are Air Force special operations troops who are tasked, primarily, in personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas.

Media Coverage September 2009 2010

Later, in his speech to the Rotarians, Cope said After leaving Berea College, I joined the United States Air Force and was a member of the Pararescue

Media Coverage September 2009 2010

The growing number of veterans, or in some cases non-veterans representing themselves to be other than what they are caused congress to pass the Stolen Valor Act in 2005 that expanded previous laws against wearing unearned medals to include making verbal claims to having earned medals, badges or devices, like the Air Force Pararescue

Media Coverage September 2009 2010

Force Base, he was assigned to the Pararescue Indoctrination course where he injured his knee which led to him ultimately being discharged from the service.

Media Coverage September 2009 2010

QUADE: Pararescue men or PJ ` s get ready to jump HALO, high altitude, low open.

CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2007 2007

QUADE: Pararescue men, or PJs, like Kyle, who worked the urban recovery of a British aircraft in Afghanistan.

CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2007 2007

QUADE: Pararescue men or PJ ` s get ready to jump HALO, high altitude, low open.

CNN Transcript May 28, 2007 2007

James R. Thomas, he was an E-6 and with the Pararescue Unit at Danang.

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"We all looked up to him," says Pararescue teammate Garry Lewry, 55, of San Antonio, Texas.

The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories By TOM BERG 2010

Then he joined the Air Force's equivalent of the Navy SEALs - becoming a Pararescue team leader who risked his own life to save others.

The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories By TOM BERG 2010