TSgt Jason Milner: USAF Special Warfare/Combat Support Scout - Minnesota

02/05/2022

It doesn’t matter how cold it gets, we will always have the time to remember the brothers, sisters, and the families that came before us.

04/08/2021

Right here.

Not here, or here so much, but right here.

04/08/2021

PJs and Combat Rescue Officers (CROs) from the 48 RQS practice retrieving astronauts from a SpaceX capsule mock-up during the Rescue Force Qualification Course at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Rescue Force Qualification Course provides quarterly training for U.S. Department of Defense rescue personnel, partner agencies and other rescue organizations with real-world instructions for astronaut recovery. This training allows a multitude of personnel from a variety of organizations to integrate for a successful recovery during a variety of conditions.

08/23/2020

This Sunday’s Hero Story…

The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to (then) Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman, United States Air Force, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. Technical Sergeant Chapman distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism as an Air Force Special Tactics Combat Controller of the 24th Special Tactics Squadron, attached to a Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Team conducting reconnaissance operations in Takur Ghar, Afghanistan, on 4 March 2002. During insertion, the team’s helicopter was ambushed causing a teammate to fall into an entrenched group of enemy combatants below. Sergeant Chapman and the team voluntarily reinserted onto the snow-capped mountain, into the heart of a known enemy stronghold to rescue one of their own. Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions. He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants. With complete disregard for his own life, Sergeant Chapman deliberately moved from cover only 12 meters from the enemy, and exposed himself once again to attack a second bunker, from which an emplaced machine gun was firing on his team. During this assault from an exposed position directly in the line of intense fire, Sergeant Chapman was struck and injured by enemy fire. Despite severe, mortal wounds, he continued to fight relentlessly, sustaining a violent engagement with multiple enemy personnel before making the ultimate sacrifice. By his heroic actions and extraordinary valor, sacrificing his life for the lives of his teammates, Technical Sergeant Chapman upheld the highest traditions of military service and reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.



Air Force Special Operations Command
Air Force Special Tactics

08/14/2020

Today I participated in the 330th Recruiting Squadron's Monster Mash, as we say goodbye to our outgoing Commander Lt Col Kerns and welcome our new Commander, Lt Col Cooper.

Events consisted of 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 flutter kicks, 30 8 count "body builders," a 1.5 mile run, and a 1 mile ruck with 30 lbs. We also had a scavenger hunt and trivia!

We never shy away from a challenge in the 330th, and we're always looking for people who are prepared to step up and push themselves to the limit. Hooyah Vanguard!

06/24/2020

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to TSgt Scott Innis, , for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States as a Combat Controller, 22d Expeditionary Special Tactics Squadron, 16th Expeditionary Special Operations Group, Combined Joint Special Operations Command Central, Afghanistan, on 28 March 2006. In support of Operation Enduring Freedom, TSgt Innis and the other members of his elite Special Forces Detachment, located at a firebase in a heavily contested region of Afghanistan, were suddenly engulfed in a hailstorm of rocket propelled gr***de, mortar, heavy machine gun, and small arms fire from three sides. Fully exposed to enemy fire and with total disregard for his own safety, he scaled a ladder to an observation platform stationed at the center of the small firebase. The field-expedient plywood observation tower was the only structure visible outside the perimeter and a magnet for the bulk of the enemy fire. Despite dwindling cover, he remained perched above the battle guiding a devastating aerial counterattack. A marked man, the enemy quickly zeroes in on his position and was committed to killing him. Yet, with enemy rockets and small arms fire passing within mere inches of his exposed head and body, he continued to perform his duty, successfully utilizing his vast airmanship skills to neutralize the enemy. During the 24-hour pitched battle, he defeated the enemy through the decisive use of airpower that resulted in the death or injury to over 100 insurgents. By his gallantry and devotion to duty, he has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.

06/10/2020

06/09/2020

SERE specialists know how to survive off the land!

06/05/2020

Whether it’s in the desert, the arctic, at sea, in the jungle or as a prisoner of war, Airmen are prepared for any situation. And it’s the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialists who train them. These elite instructors are experts on how to survive in the most remote and hostile environments on the planet. And it’s up to them to make sure that when a mission doesn’t go as planned, the Airmen involved are ready for anything. And we mean anything.

05/23/2020

The workout that started memorial Day Weekend! The 330th Special Warfare Recruiting Squadron did a GREAT virtual/distance workout yesterday. I was excited to participate in this challenge that was designed to mimic an operation that SMSgt Robert Gutierrez (Combat Controller) took part in several years ago in Afghanistan. During the operation SMSgt Guitierrez suffered a collapsed lung (restricted breathing) and an arm injury that incapacitated him to the point of only having mobility in 1 arm (1 arm burpees). He never stopped fighting, and he survived AND completed that mission and continues to serve in the world's greatest Air Force. Special Warfare Airmen never give up!

-Done with 55 lbs ruck, mask to restrict breathing

1. 12 minutes ruck out
2. 12 minutes ruck back
3. 10 pack squats holding pack in front with 1 arm
4. 5 single arm burpees
5. 10 yard low bear crawl
6. 30 pack squats holding pack in front with 1 arm
7. 15 single arm burpees
8. 10 yard low bear crawl
9. 50 pack squats holding pack in front with 1 arm
10. 25 single arm burpees
11. 10 yard low bear crawl
12. RUCK BACK ON! .5 mile out, .5 mile back
13. Lay in grass, watch clouds
14. Be thankful for a challenge and a great team

05/17/2020

This Sunday’s Hero story...

TSgt Delorean Sheridan, , for gallantry in connection with military ops against an armed enemy of the US in Afghanistan. On 11 Mar 2013, while attached to a US SF Team, he displayed extraordinary bravery and complete disregard for his own safety during a coordinated insider insurgent attack. Just prior to departing for a tactical ground movement, an Afghan Police Officer engaged him and his American & Afghan SF teammates with a truck mounted machine gun from 25 ft away. Simultaneous to this, 15 to 20 insurgents located 150m south of his position also engaged the base with heavy AK-47 and PKM machine gun fire. With rounds impacting around him and striking teammates, he closed in on the shooter and leapt into the back of an armored vehicle in order to engage him. From the turret of the vehicle, he engaged the shooter, 2x with his pistol and 9x with an M-4 rifle until the shooter was dead. With the immediate threat neutralized, he exited the vehicle, returning to the kill zone to extract his wounded teammates. He maneuvered through the heavy volume of gunfire streaming into the base and grabbed his wounded TL by the shoulder strap, pulling him some 20 ft out of the field of fire to medical assistance. He then transitioned the kill zone, once again moving through enemy machine gun fire, reaching his Team Sgt and dragged him to safety. He then charged into the kill zone a third time to retrieve the infantry squad NCOIC, pulling him to the casualty collection point. Within the next 30 min, he methodically sequenced 6 medevac aircraft, assisting with the litter transfer of wounded personnel while simultaneously directing CAS and surveillance aircraft. With the medevac complete, he located and directed aircraft to engage insurgents maneuvering towards the friendly location, resulting in 4 additional enemy killed. His complete disregard for personal safety and extreme calm under pressure despite grave danger to himself and others directly resulted in saving the lives of 23 critically wounded personnel.