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by SrA Ryan Conroy

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Special Tactics Airmen find and extract a simulated casualty using a kit carry during a Monster Mash training event, June 11, 2015, at Spectre Island on Eglin Range, Fla. Monster Mash is a long-standing special tactics training tradition, consisting of an obstacle course where special operators complete timed scenarios at different stations of core mission training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Conroy/Released)

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Photographer's Narrative

 

This was one of my favorite shoots while at Hurlburt Field. Whenever I get a chance to photograph the special tactics mission, I get excited because of the opportunities it brings. For instance, this was shot during a competitive training scenario. Special tactics jumped from an MC-130 into the gulf and swam to shore to ruck, run, call in air drops and evacuate simulated downed personnel. If that wasn’t enough, they were tasked with kit-carrying a 200-pound medical dummy more than 4 miles. I wanted to demonstrate the sheer difficulty and how much further they had to go in this shot. You can see the road just keeps going. A grueling experience, but also an exciting one.