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Into the Fire

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  • Combat Rescue's
  • Captain (Capt) Eric's 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron patch.
  • Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Brett and others react to a mission alert in the TOC or Tactical Operations Center. This is Brett's sixth deployment. Now on his sixth deployment, the mental and emotional toll from experiencing the carnage of war first hand is a consequence he reluctantly accepts.
  • Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Brett with a Pave Hawk helicopter in the background. According to Brett, war is full of hard truths and on is that it changes you.
  • Captain (Capt) Eric at Kandahar Airfield, listening to two other PJs (off-screen). This is Eric's second deployment.
  • Captain (Capt) Eric, with a Pave Hawk helicopter in the background. Eric is a new father and refuses to let war change him so he can return to his family as the same man they loved before he left.
  • Airman First Class (A1C) Steve, with a Pave Hawk helicopter in the background. This is Steve's first deployment. He is a brand new PJ straight out of school and is the third man on Eric's team.
  • Captain (Capt) Eric in the desert terrain of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
  • Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Brett keeps watch from the helicopter cabin. A door gunner mans a .50 caliber M2 in the background.
  • Captain (Capt) Eric - alert and on the helicopter phone.
  • Captain (Capt) Eric as the helicopter passes over the outskirts of Kandahar City, Afghanistan.
  • PJs always launch with two aircraft in Afghanistan. Captain (Capt) Eric keeping watch as the second helicopter flies a short distance ahead.

  • The Night Shift

    Photograph by NGT

    Combat Rescue's "p.m." shift of PJs and CROs. From left to right: Senior Airman (SrA) Barry, Captain (Capt) Seth, Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Brett, Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Trevor, Captain (Capt) Eric, Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Matt, and Airman First Class (A1C) Steve.

  • So That Others May Live

    Photograph by NGT

    Captain (Capt) Eric's 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron patch. 

  • The Call of Duty

    Photograph by NGT

    Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Brett and others react to a mission alert in the TOC or Tactical Operations Center.  This is Brett's sixth deployment.  Now on his sixth deployment, the mental and emotional toll from experiencing the carnage of war first hand is a consequence he reluctantly accepts. 

  • The Experienced Veteran

    Photograph by NGT

    Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Brett with a Pave Hawk helicopter in the background.  According to Brett, war is full of hard truths and on is that it changes you.

  • The Captain in Charge

    Photograph by NGT

    Captain (Capt) Eric at Kandahar Airfield, listening to two other PJs (off-screen).  This is Eric's second deployment.

  • The Family Man

    Photograph by NGT

    Captain (Capt) Eric, with a Pave Hawk helicopter in the background.  Eric is a new father and refuses to let war change him so he can return to his family as the same man they loved before he left.

  • The Rookie

    Photograph by NGT

    Airman First Class (A1C) Steve, with a Pave Hawk helicopter in the background.  This is Steve's first deployment.  He is a brand new PJ straight out of school and is the third man on Eric's team.

  • Deployed in the Desert

    Photograph by NGT

    Captain (Capt) Eric in the desert terrain of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

  • Keeping Watch

    Photograph by NGT

    Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Brett keeps watch from the helicopter cabin. A door gunner mans a .50 caliber M2 in the background.

  • Call in Flight

    Photograph by NGT

    Captain (Capt) Eric - alert and on the helicopter phone.

  • On a Mission

    Photograph by NGT

    Captain (Capt) Eric as the helicopter passes over the outskirts of Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

  • Double Take

    Photograph by NGT

    PJs always launch with two aircraft in Afghanistan. Captain (Capt) Eric keeping watch as the second helicopter flies a short distance ahead. 

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