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SHALIMAR — In the open water of Poquito Bayou on a sunny winter morning, the swimmers are barely

visible. All you can see is a dark head,

maybe a shoulder, moving steadi-ly through the water, trailed by an inflatable red dive buoy.

Pushed and pulled by currents and tides, the Army Rangers aren’t sure if they’re swimming in a long straight line, or drifting away from their targets. And ev-ery meter counts in a timed swim that helps decide their future as combat divers.

The three swimmers, all in-structors at Camp James Rudder, are halfway through a 10-day pre-scuba course to prepare them for the Combat Diver Qualification Course in Key West next month.

Their teachers are fellow in-structors who are combat divers.

Swimming long distances in open water against the clock is just one component of the gruel-ing course.

“You’ve gotta really want it,” said Master Sgt. Jim Fowler, the dive supervisor and Army Rang-er instructor who went through the training in 1999. “It’s pretty much the most PT (physical training) you’re ever going to do in six straight weeks.”

A.grueling.challengeIn addition to swimming more

than 14,000 meters in the chilly open water of Poquito Bayou, the students run 30 miles, train for 30 hours in a pool and complete 12 hours of classroom instruction.

The pre-scuba course mimics as closely as possible the require-ments of the Combat Diver Quali-fication Course. As rigorous as the pre-scuba class is, it doesn’t come close to the demands of the six-week course in Key West, Fowler said.

This is the second time through pre-scuba for all three Rangers.“Across the board, they just weren’t ready to go,” Fowler said of their first try. “If they’re

physically and mentally exhausted by the end of our course, how could they last six weeks down there?”

The qualification course has a washout rate of 50 to 60 percent, Fowler said. But those who make it through join an elite group of Army combat divers.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime op-portunity for these guys to become combat divers,” he said. “It opens up doors.”

Gutting.it.outAt the beginning of the week,

air temperatures were in the 40s while the water in Poquito Bayou was a bone-chilling 57 degrees. The students started with a 1,000 meter swim, increasing the distance each day. By Friday, they were up to 3,000 meters.

To protect themselves from marine life and hypothermia, the Rangers wear short wet suits un-der their regular uniforms and don hoods, masks, fins and gloves. Over all that is a buoyancy vest they can inflate if they get in trouble.

Fowler said that in real-world situations, combat divers would be used to infiltrate areas by water. To that end, they wear their uniforms over their wetsuits so when they hit the land they can lose the wetsuits and still have clothes.

“We talk about being able to be the best by land, sea or air,” Fowler said. “This is an infiltration tech-nique. It’s a way to get in.

“It’s just a way to get to work,” he added.

A medic is on standby, and wool blankets and a heated truck await the swimmers at the

Rangers brave Poquito Bayou

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Staff Sgt. Ron Oxley “checks target” after veering off course during his training swim in Poquito Bayou.

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Staff Sgt. Ron Oxley, Capt. Michael Culler and Sgt. Jason Dodd, from left, flip off the boat before they start their swim in Poquito Bayou.

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By.STAff.SERGEANT.RA-MON.M..MARRERO

7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

More than 35 Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) became Jumpmaster qualified during a certified training course held in the Group’s compound on Eglin Air Force Base on Dec. 8.

The course, which lasted over three weeks, trained and certified the Soldiers to conduct duties of a Jump-master, on ground and in an aircraft.

“On Nov. 13, 2012, we tested 87 with a RIGEX and nomenclature test. Of that 87, we were able to start with 50 students and gradu-ated 39,” said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Miguel Pagani, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Group’s motor officer, Jumpmaster and Master Parachutist oversee-ing the course. “The RIGEX consisted of properly rig-ging the All-purpose Light-weight Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) pack utilizing the Harness Single Point Release and Hook and Pile Lowering Line and pre-paring the M-1950 Weapons Case for donning, Soldiers had 15 minutes to complete this task to standard.”

“This course is very physically, mentally and academically demanding with a 70% passing rate or less. Once you become a Jumpmaster you just not only earn a badge that distinguishes you from a regular paratrooper,” said Master Sgt. Walter A. Koski. “You also earn and assume the responsibility of all Sol-diers in the aircraft. Your job is to safely deliver Sol-diers to the DZ and without causing any damages to the equipment.”

It may seem as a simple task to some, but in order to become a Jumpmaster, knowledge must be tested, to ensure only those quali-fied attend and are able to successfully complete the course.

“A Nomenclature test consisted of 50 questions in which the prospective stu-dent had to correctly iden-tify in writing the name of a component, sub-component, assembly or sub-assembly of the T-11 harness, T-11 reserve, M-1950 Weapons Case, Hook and Pile Tape Lowering Line, Harness Single Point Release and Advanced Combat Helmet,” said Pagani.

There were a total of 15 instructors from the 7th SFG (A), chosen from dif-ferent companies through-out the Group. The Soldiers travelled to Fort Benning, Ga., to attend a three day validation course in order to teach the course.

“Being a jumpmaster separates you for just being a regular paratrooper,” said Koski.

The instructors needed to be qualified and current MC-6 Jumpmasters and at-tend the Train to Trainer course at Fort Benning.

In order to certify the students that attended the course, the Jumpmaster branch from Fort Benning sent an inspector to conduct a spot review of the tests, student packets and train-ing schedule.

“This was the first Jump-master Course Group ran since moving to Eglin Air Force Base. It had an above average graduation rate due to the extra hours focused on Jumpmaster Personnel Inspection (JMPI). The Pro-gram of Instruction (POI) requires 46 hours including testing time,” said Pagani. We scheduled 51.5 hours of hands on prior to testing, with another 12 hours of

study hall during Thanks-giving weekend, take all this time and a student could have had up to 63.5 hours of hands on.”

“The POI requires the student to put one jumper out of the aircraft. Each student conducted at least two Jumpmaster duties and several also gained experi-ences as safeties inside the aircraft, always under the eye of an instructor,” said Pagani.

“During the Practical Work in the Aircraft (PWAC) portion, we performed over 300 jumps with zero inju-ries, during PWAC we also conducted a lot of reinforce-ment training by having the students JMPI strap hangers and then another Jumpmaster conducted JMPI procedures on that in-dividual again,” said Pagani. “The students gained more confidence in their abilities as they found rigging defi-ciencies and were able to

bring it to the attention of the Primary Jumpmaster and Airborne Commander.”

“There is no doubt that this course was physically and mentally more chal-

lenging than most Jump-master Courses, but the high success rate makes me 100% confident in these new Jumpmasters,” said Pagani.

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Jumpmaster qualified

SpC..STEVEN.k..YOuNG.| U.S. Army

A paratrooper from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) prepares to take off his parachute after safely landing on Sontay Drop Zone during an Airborne Operation Jump on Eglin Air Force Base on Jan. 24. More than 100 Soldiers participated in an Airborne where they exited the ramp of a C-23 Sherpa airplane.

SGT..kRISTINA.THRASHER.| U.S. Army

Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) put on their parachutes during a training portion of a certi-fied Jumpmaster course on the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) compound Nov. 15, 2012. The Soldiers par-ticipated in the Jumpmaster course that lasted over three weeks and those who successfully competed earned the title of a Jumpmaster.

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Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) are observed by Chief Warrant Officer 5 Miguel Pagani during a rigging exercise as part of a certified Jumpmas-ter course Nov. 13, 2012.

end. Still, it’s cold. Sgt. Jason Dodd, one of

the students, joked Thurs-day when asked how long it took him to warm up after his swim two days earlier.

“I don’t know if we ever did,” he said.

One.hour,.2,000.meters

On Thursday, the target distance was 2,000 meters, which meant entering

the water near the Poquito Bayou boat ramp, swim-ming to a buoy 1,000 meters away and swimming back.

The men had one hour. Sitting three across the

back of a boat, they got their instructions from Fowler.

“How you feeling?” he asked the men.

“I feel strong,” Capt. Mi-chael Culler replied.

Fowler talked about tides, currents and winds, trying to prepare them for factors they’re not experi-

enced enough to predict. “Tide’s coming in,” he

said. “You’re going to have to fight it going out and kick it in the butt coming back, all right?”

At his order, the three flipped backward off the boat.

From the beginning, Culler struck out ahead. While Dodd charted a simi-lar course behind him, the third Ranger, Staff Sgt. Ron Oxley, drifted off almost immediately.

Fowler steered the boat next to him several times and whistled sharply to get his attention.

“Check target,” he yelled. “Check target.”

A combat diver com-pletes long surface swims with a powerful sidestroke motion and a finned kick powered from the hips.

The three dive school candidates are still working on their technique, which

should include frequent checks of their position relative to the target.

Culler reached the turn-around point first, three minutes ahead of the time standard. The other two rounded the buoy with no time to spare.

“Hey,” Fowler yelled, pulling the boat up next to Oxley. “Fin hard. You’re at 30 minutes.”

One of the combat divers on the other support boat called out a second piece of advice.

“And you’re going the wrong way,” he yelled.

Striving.for..the.standard

As the three students swam back toward the target, Fowler sent in two experienced combat div-ers to show how it should look.

They easily closed the gap between the boat and

the swimmers, yelling en-couragement and treading water next to them.

“Come on,” Spc. Shane Carpenter yelled. “Let’s go. Check target. Hurry up. You’re not going to make it.”

Approaching the final target — a flag-draped, barnacle encrusted buoy — Culler picks up his pace, finishing eight min-utes ahead of the one-hour standard.

The other two have fallen farther behind.

With the final minutes ticking down, Fowler and the divers in the water yell out encouragement.

Dodd misses the stan-dard by 35 seconds, while Oxley is more than a minute off. It’s not much, but it would be enough to wash them out of Com-bat Diver Qualification Course, Fowler said.

“You’ve got to be able to pass every event in dive school, every day,” he said.

There are a lot of sur-face swims left, though, and they’re still learning.

“It’s kind of like run-

ning,” Fowler said. “You’ve got to log your time, work on your tech-nique. Speed will come.”

The exhausted men —who started their day with a four-mile run and will end it with three hours of pool training — wade out of the water and start re-moving their equipment.

Culler is happy with his time, but says that the long swims come easier to him than other compo-nents of the course.

“This is my good event,” he said.

The other two men are quieter.

“Not fun,” Oxley said, when asked about the swim.

Culler said that by Thursday, his body had started to adjust to the heavy physical load of the course and he wasn’t as sore. Throughout the long swim, he tried to keep his mind busy.

“I think about really mundane things, things I have to do at home and at work,” Culler said. “I really should think about something more exciting.”

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The course came about after Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III “made the rounds doing his battlefield circulation,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph P. Lister, with the Judge Ad-vocate General’s Legal Cen-ter & School, or TJAGLCS. “He saw some of the senior leaders getting into trouble and figured that if his enlist-ed advisors had some more legal education, they could help prevent these kinds of things from happening in the first place.”

Sergeants major already provide advice and guidance to their commanders, Lister said. The new course sim-ply arms them with more in-depth knowledge to help them do a better job.

“The education will be wide-ranging, including things like where and how you can spend specific pots of money, [or] how to prevent sexual assault from happen-ing, [it covers] a gamut of legal topics,” Lister said.

Lister said the Army re-sponse to the SMA’s sugges-tion for the course was both positive and swift.

The SMA was on-hand for the opening of the three-day course, to meet with and speak to students.

“The things you do can have an immediate impact on your general officer or [Senior Executive Service civilian employee],” he told the class. “You have to have your head on a swivel to en-sure you’re not putting him or her in a place they are go-ing to get into trouble.”

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For the first time since 1968, the remaining Doo-little Raiders will hold their annual reunion in April in Fort Walton Beach. Orga-nizers are busy trying to make their 71st the best one yet.

The World War II veter-ans will be coming home in a way. They trained at then Eglin Field for the famous April 18, 1942, bombing at-tack on Tokyo that some say changed the course of history.

Each year, the remain-ing members of the 80-per-son team, of which there are now only five, gather at different cities to remem-ber the raid. This year, the men who are in their 90s have chosen to visit the Emerald Coast. It could be their last.

“If you want to see the Raiders, if you want the chance to honor them, it’s going to be here in your backyard,” said Ted Corcor-an, president of the Greater Fort Walton Beach Cham-ber of Commerce, which is organizing the event.

The reunion, scheduled for April 17-20, already is attracting interest from across the country. Last year’s reunion in Dayton, Ohio, sold out in three hours, Corcoran said.

The event will include a lunch April 18 at the C.H. “Bull” Rigdon Fairgrounds and Recreation Complex in Fort Walton Beach, with the possibility of meeting the Raiders in person.

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On April 19 at the same location, all World War II veterans from Northwest Florida are invited to attend a free private lunch with the Raiders.

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Boat operations in Choctaw Bay

The 96th Operations Group will conduct boat op-erations in Choctawhatchee Bay Feb. 5 and again the week of Feb. 11-15.

The operations are part of the 53rd Wing’s Weapon System Evaluation Pro-gram, or WSEP. Approxi-mately 30 boats will be used by F-15s and F-16s as visual targets; no weapons or am-munition will be involved in the testing.

The boats will trans-verse between the Mid-Bay Bridge and the Highway 331 Bridge.

Operations the week of Feb. 11 will also be conduct-ed in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Destin. Testing will be conducted between 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.

Family-Time Bowling Club

Tired of sitting at home flipping channels on the TV? Here’s an activity the whole family can enjoy – the Family-Time Bowl-ing Club. Club games are scheduled for Thursdays at 6 p.m. beginning Feb. 9 for 12 weeks. A pizza and soda party will be held at the end of the 12-week club for all participants. Bowl-ing club teams consist of 1 youth and 1 adult. Cost is $8 per player per week for 3 games of bowling and shoe rental. Sign up now at the Eglin Bowling Center.

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Career expoA career expo will be

held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Air Force En-listed Village at the Bob Hope Village Commons in Shalimar. The Bob Hope Village Commons is lo-cated at 30 Holley Avenue, Shalimar.

Military.com, the larg-est online military mem-bership organization and the Non Commissioned Of-ficers Association (NCOA), have joined forces to co-host this expo designed to place separating and re-tiring veterans and family members in direct contact with companies and corpo-rations seeking individuals with military training and experience.

Companies interested

in exhibiting at the event are requested to contact Shelley Conklin, NCOA’s Sales and Marketing Man-ager at sconklin@ncoausa.org or by phone at (210) 837-5200. You may also contact, Cliff Davis, at ex-ecdir@ncoausa.org or call (800) 662-2620 Ext. 241

Individuals looking to attend the Career Expo may register to attend the event online at www.military.com/career-expo/. Once registered for the event, the attendee will receive a follow-up email 3-5 days before the event with the list of attending companies for the event registered.

To.submit.an.item.for.the.briefs,.e-mail.us.at.news@thered7.net..Deadline.for.friday’s.edition.is.noon.Monday..

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