Air Force CSAR

Background
Pararescue is a component of the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) force and part of Air Force Special Operations Command Special Tactics Teams (STS). Pararescue forces, or "PJ's" are deployed worldwide to rescue isolated personnel and assets.

The varied missions of the Pararescue jumpers include providing survival and evasion assistance, medical care and security in adverse geographic and environmental conditions on land or water. Candidates must already be trained combat divers, parachuters and skydivers before even being accepted into the rigorous twenty week long Pararescue School. In Afghanistan, PJs have been active conducting search and rescue efforts.