An Alaska Air National Guardsman assigned to the 212th Rescue Squadron approaches the landing zone while conducting precision parachute training over Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 24, 2018. The busiest rescue force in the Department of Defense, the 212th Rescue Squadron provides elite pararescuemen (PJs), combat rescue officers (CROs) and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) specialists to carry out the 176th Wing’s wartime and peacetime rescue missions.

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