Comments by "afcgeo" (@afcgeo882) on "Combat Arms Channel" channel.

  1. PJs are FAR more than combat medics. On the medical side they’re licensed paramedics, with rotations on ambulances and in local hospitals in New Mexico, plus a combat rescue medicine course that takes them into advanced trauma and basic surgery. They’re combat diver, free-fall, mountain, desert and arctic rescue qualified. They’re water rescue swimmer qualified. They’re special tactics combat certified as well. PJs assigned to the 24th ST Squadron are Tier 1 operators attached to DEVGRU and CAG missions. They get farmed out to SF, Raider and SEAL teams all the time. Other PJ units focus on CSAR, which is advanced CASEVAC. They have lighter equipment, smaller helos, larger teams. They will respond to emergencies in CONUS, whether it’s a hiker hurt on a mountain, a sinking boat in the ocean or a lost person in the woods. These teams are known as Guardian Angel squadrons and operate HH-60G Pave Hawks.
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  2.  @hollywoodghostbusters9869  They rescue people off mountains every year. They also tried to rescue a Japanese sailboat captain in a 30 foot wave Hurricane Grace with winds gusting up to 80kts off NJ coast. Unable, they headed back to base on Long Island, but not being able to refuel in air due to winds, ended up having to ditch into the Atlantic. One crew member did not survive.
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