The German bronze, silver and gold airborne wings wait to be awarded to Soldiers with the U.S. Army Special Operations Command and U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command following an airborne operation alongside the German Army’s 31st Airborne Brigade, May 19, at Camp McKall, N.C.
Staff Sgt. Michael Hammitt, an electronic maintenance non-commissioned officer with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Staff Sgt. Michael Hammitt, an electronic maintenance non-commissioned officer with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), receives his silver German airborne wings from 1st Lt. Marc Breitenfeld, jumpmaster commander with the German Army’s 31st Airborne Brigade, following an airborne operation with the German army May 19 at Camp McKall, N.C. Hammit earned his German silver airborne wings by completing his third jump with the German Army, and by also having at least 20 airborne operations under his belt.
U.S. Army Special Operations Command and U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command paratroopers exit a German C-160 high-performance aircraft May 19 at Camp McKall Army Airfield, N.C., as part of an airborne operation in which the soldiers earned either their bronze, silver or gold German airborne wings.
A jumpmaster with Germany’s 31st Airborne Brigade takes a head count as Special Operations Forces soldiers load a German C-160 high-performance aircraft May 19 at Camp McKall Army Airfield, N.C. Earning German Bronze airborne wings during the operation, Staff Sgt. Rick A. Scott, of 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) and St. Petersburg, Fla. native, said the operation with the Germans was a humbling experience. “I loved it,” he said. “With all that is going on in the world, this experience showed me that if we went to war alongside the Germans, they would have our back, and we would have theirs.
A German C-160 high-performance aircraft stands ready to be boarded by U.S. Army Special Operations Command and U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command paratroopers participating in an Airborne Operation with the German Army’s 31st Airborne Brigade May 19 at Camp McKall, N.C.
A jumpmaster with Germany’s 31st Airborne Brigade slides over a hypothetical static line as a Special Operations Forces soldier prepares to exit a mock aircraft May 19 during prejump training at Camp McKall, N.C.
A jumpmaster with Germany’s 31st Airborne Brigade sends U.S. Special Operations Forces paratroopers out the mock door May 19 during prejump training at Camp McKall, N.C. Hundreds of soldiers from U.S. Army Special Operations Command and U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command participated in an airborne operation with the German Army here – earning themselves either the bronze, silver or gold German airborne wings.
Источник : MP.net : 21-22.05.2011
