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Pararescuemen have honored our country in conflict and in humanitarian aid actions around the globe. It is to this brotherhood of USAF Pararescuemen that we organized the Pararescue Association.
The fraternity created by duty, commitment to mission and to the brotherhood is shared by all Pararescue Association Members. It is the fabric that joins our Association members to a sense of purpose and mission as we collectively serve the Pararescue Community.
1. Preserve the heritage, history and legacy and of the United States Air Force Pararescue Career by strengthening the relationship among all Pararescuemen, past, present, and for those now at the tip of the spear.
2. Foster camaraderie among those who have earned the title, USAF Pararescueman
3. Provide an extended community for all Pararescuemen and their families.
4. Commemorate fittingly, the memory of all Pararescuemen who have given and who risk their lives in the defense of freedom.
5. Encourage and assist in the collection, preservation and protection of historical documents, artifacts, memorabilia, personal accounts and recollections, characterizations of PJ’s, research, incidents, and origins of the USAF Pararescueman.
6. Encourage the continuance of high standards of excellence in leadership training, overall esprit de’ corps, professional competence and equipment for USAF Pararescue Operators.
7. Engage in any lawful business or activities related thereto, and to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the New Mexico Non-Profit Code.
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have been committed to establishing and meeting lofty goals. It is our membership that ensures continued support for these goals. Together, at any given time, the Association is capable of meeting the needs of our community.
To achieve these lofty goals, it is essential for all Pararescuemen to join the Association, and to encourage family and friends to join to support the goals and objectives established by the membership of the PJ Association.
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Pararescuemen (PJs) are United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) operators tasked with recovery and medical treatment of personnel in humanitarian and combat environments, and have included NASA missions to recover astronaut recovery water landings.
Pararescuemen are attached to other Special Operations Forces teams from all branches of the services, to conduct special operations missions.
Of the roughly 200 Air Force Cross recipients, 24 are from the enlisted ranks, 12 of which are Pararescuemen. Pararescue is a career specialty within the elite, but little-known Air Force Special Operations community. The Pararescue service, a long enlisted enclave, expanded to include Combat Rescue Officers early in the 21st century.
When a an Airman’s life needs saving, the mission falls to Pararescue to bring them home.
As members of Air Force Special Operations, Pararescue (PJ) specialists rescue and recover downed aircrews from hostile or otherwise unreachable areas.
These experts, highly trained to perform recovery and rescue in any terrain, are in every phase of the mission, from search and rescue, to combat support, to providing emergency life saving medical treatment, ensuring that every rescue and humanitarian mission is a successful one.
The transformation from a recruit to a Pararescue Expert is a demanding one. From hands-on-experience to college credit for a path to degree, the gauntlet begins here.
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