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Rangers brave Poquito Bayou

By WENDY VICTORA Northwest Florida Daily News

SHALIMAR -- In the open water of Poquito Bayou on a sunny winter morning, the swimmers are barely visible.

All you can see is a dark head, maybe a shoulder, moving steadily through the water, trailed by an inflatable red dive buoy.

Pushed and pulled by currents and tides, the Army Rangers aren't sure if they're swimming in a long straight line, or drifting away from their targets. And every meter counts in a timed swim that helps decide their future as combat divers.

The three swimmers, all instructors at Camp James Rudder, are halfway through a 10-day prescuba course to prepare them for the Combat Diver Qualification Course in Key West next month.

Their teachers are fellow instructors who are combat divers.

Swimming long distances in open water against the clock is just one component of the grueling course.

"You've gotta really want it," said Master Sgt. Jim Fowler, the dive supervisor and Army Ranger instructor who went through the training in 1999. "It's pretty much the most PT (physical training) you're ever going to do in six straight weeks."

A grueling challenge

In addition to swimming more than 14,000 meters in the chilly open water of Poquito Bayou, the students run 30 miles, train for 30 hours in a pool and complete 12 hours of classroom instruction.

The pre-scuba course mimics as closely as possible the requirements of the Combat Diver Qualification Course. As rigorous as the pre-scuba class is, it doesn't come close to the demands of the sixweek course in Key West, Fowler said.

This is the second time through pre-scuba for all three Rangers."Across the board, they just weren't ready to go," Fowler said of their first try. "If they're

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Staff Sgt. Ron Oxley, Capt. Michael Culler and Sgt. Jason Dodd, from left, flip off the boat before they start their swim in Poquito Bayou.

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Staff Sgt. Ron Oxley "checks target" after veering off course during his training swim in Poquito Bayou.

physically and mentally exhausted by the end of our course, how could they last six weeks down there?"

The qualification course has a washout rate of 50 to 60 percent, Fowler said. But those who make it through join an elite group of Army combat divers.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these guys to become combat divers," he said. "It opens up doors."

Gutting it out

At the beginning of the week,

air temperatures were in the 40s while the water in Poquito Bayou was a bone-chilling 57 degrees. The students started with a 1,000 meter swim, increasing the distance each day. By Friday, they were up to 3,000 meters.

To protect themselves from marine life and hypothermia, the Rangers wear short wet suits under their regular uniforms and don hoods, masks, fins and gloves. Over all that is a buoyancy vest they can inflate if they get in trouble.

Fowler said that in real-world situations, combat divers would be used to infiltrate areas by water. To that end, they wear their uniforms over their wetsuits so when they hit the land they can lose the wetsuits and still have clothes.

"We talk about being able to be the best by land, sea or air," Fowler said. "This is an infiltration technique. It's a way to get in.

"It's just a way to get to work," he added.

A medic is on standby, and wool blankets and a heated truck await the swimmers at the

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Jumpmaster qualified

By Staff Sergeant Ramon M. Marrero

7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

More than 35 Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) became Jumpmaster qualified during a certified training course held in the Group's compound on Eglin Air Force Base on Dec. 8.

The course, which lasted over three weeks, trained and certified the Soldiers to conduct duties of a Jumpmaster, on ground and in an aircraft.

"On Nov. 13, 2012, we tested 87 with a RIGEX and nomenclature test. Of that 87, we were able to start with 50 students and graduated 39," said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Miguel Pagani, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Group's motor officer, Jumpmaster and Master Parachutist overseeing the course. "The RIGEX consisted of properly rigging the All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) pack utilizing the Harness Single Point Release and Hook and Pile Lowering Line and preparing the M-1950 Weapons Case for donning, Soldiers had 15 minutes to complete this task to standard."

"This course is very physically, mentally and academically demanding with a 70% passing rate or less. Once you become a Jumpmaster you just not only earn a badge that distinguishes you from a regular paratrooper," said Master Sgt. Walter A. Koski. "You also earn and assume the responsibility of all Soldiers in the aircraft. Your job is to safely deliver Soldiers to the DZ and without causing any damages to the equipment."

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A paratrooper from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) prepares to take off his parachute after safely landing on Sontay Drop Zone during an Airborne Operation Jump on Eglin Air Force Base on Jan. 24. More than 100 Soldiers participated in an Airborne where they exited the ramp of a C-23 Sherpa airplane.

It may seem as a simple task to some, but in order to become a Jumpmaster, knowledge must be tested, to ensure only those qualified attend and are able to successfully complete the course.

"A Nomenclature test consisted of 50 questions in which the prospective student had to correctly identify in writing the name of a component, sub-component, assembly or sub-assembly of the T-11 harness, T-11 reserve, M-1950 Weapons Case, Hook and Pile Tape Lowering Line, Harness Single Point Release and Advanced Combat Helmet," said Pagani.

There were a total of 15 instructors from the 7th SFG (A), chosen from different companies throughout the Group. The Soldiers travelled to Fort Benning, Ga., to attend a three day validation course in order to teach the course.

"Being a jumpmaster separates you for just being a regular paratrooper," said Koski.

The instructors needed to be qualified and current MC-6 Jumpmasters and attend the Train to Trainer course at Fort Benning.

In order to certify the students that attended the course, the Jumpmaster branch from Fort Benning sent an inspector to conduct a spot review of the tests, student packets and training schedule.

"This was the first Jumpmaster Course Group ran since moving to Eglin Air Force Base. It had an above average graduation rate due to the extra hours focused on Jumpmaster Personnel Inspection (JMPI). The Program of Instruction (POI) requires 46 hours including testing time," said Pagani. We scheduled 51.5 hours of hands on prior to testing, with another 12 hours of

study hall during Thanksgiving weekend, take all this time and a student could have had up to 63.5 hours of hands on."

"The POI requires the student to put one jumper out of the aircraft. Each student conducted at least two Jumpmaster duties and several also gained experiences as safeties inside the aircraft, always under the eye of an instructor," said Pagani.

"During the Practical Work in the Aircraft (PWAC) portion, we performed over 300 jumps with zero injuries, during PWAC we also conducted a lot of reinforcement training by having the students JMPI strap hangers and then another Jumpmaster conducted JMPI procedures on that individual again," said Pagani. "The students gained more confidence in their abilities as they found rigging deficiencies and were able to

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Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) put on their parachutes during a training portion of a certified Jumpmaster course on the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) compound Nov. 15, 2012. The Soldiers participated in the Jumpmaster course that lasted over three weeks and those who successfully competed earned the title of a Jumpmaster.

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Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) are observed by Chief Warrant Officer 5 Miguel Pagani during a rigging exercise as part of a certified Jumpmaster course Nov. 13, 2012.

bring it to the attention of the Primary Jumpmaster and Airborne Commander."

"There is no doubt that this course was physically and mentally more chal-

lenging than most Jumpmaster Courses, but the high success rate makes me 100% confident in these new Jumpmasters," said Pagani.

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end. Still, it's cold. Sgt. Jason Dodd, one of

the students, joked Thursday when asked how long it took him to warm up after his swim two days earlier.

"I don't know if we ever did," he said.

One hour, 2,000 meters

On Thursday, the target distance was 2,000 meters, which meant entering

the water near the Poquito Bayou boat ramp, swimming to a buoy 1,000 meters away and swimming back.

The men had one hour. Sitting three across the back of a boat, they got their instructions from Fowler. "How you feeling?" he asked the men. "I feel strong," Capt. Michael Culler replied. Fowler talked about tides, currents and winds, trying to prepare them for factors they're not experi-

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enced enough to predict. "Tide's coming in," he

said. "You're going to have to fight it going out and kick it in the butt coming back, all right?"

At his order, the three flipped backward off the boat.

From the beginning, Culler struck out ahead. While Dodd charted a similar course behind him, the third Ranger, Staff Sgt. Ron Oxley, drifted off almost immediately.

Fowler steered the boat next to him several times and whistled sharply to get his attention.

"Check target," he yelled. "Check target."

A combat diver completes long surface swims with a powerful sidestroke motion and a finned kick powered from the hips.

The three dive school candidates are still working on their technique, which

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should include frequent checks of their position relative to the target.

Culler reached the turnaround point first, three minutes ahead of the time standard. The other two rounded the buoy with no time to spare.

"Hey," Fowler yelled, pulling the boat up next to Oxley. "Fin hard. You're at 30 minutes."

One of the combat divers on the other support boat called out a second piece of advice.

"And you're going the wrong way," he yelled.

Striving for . the standard

As the three students swam back toward the target, Fowler sent in two experienced combat divers to show how it should look.

They easily closed the gap between the boat and

the swimmers, yelling encouragement and treading water next to them.

"Come on," Spc. Shane Carpenter yelled. "Let's go. Check target. Hurry up. You're not going to make it."

Approaching the final target -- a flag-draped, barnacle encrusted buoy -- Culler picks up his pace, finishing eight minutes ahead of the one-hour standard.

The other two have fallen farther behind.

With the final minutes ticking down, Fowler and the divers in the water yell out encouragement.

Dodd misses the standard by 35 seconds, while Oxley is more than a minute off. It's not much, but it would be enough to wash them out of Combat Diver Qualification Course, Fowler said.

"You've got to be able to pass every event in dive school, every day," he said.

There are a lot of surface swims left, though, and they're still learning.

"It's kind of like run-

ning," Fowler said. "You've got to log your time, work on your technique. Speed will come."

The exhausted men -- who started their day with a four-mile run and will end it with three hours of pool training -- wade out of the water and start removing their equipment.

Culler is happy with his time, but says that the long swims come easier to him than other components of the course.

"This is my good event," he said.

The other two men are quieter.

"Not fun," Oxley said, when asked about the swim.

Culler said that by Thursday, his body had started to adjust to the heavy physical load of the course and he wasn't as sore. Throughout the long swim, he tried to keep his mind busy.

"I think about really mundane things, things I have to do at home and at work," Culler said. "I really should think about something more exciting."

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Army launches legal course for sergeants major

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Army News Service) -- The "Command Sergeants Major Legal Orientation" three-day pilot course has opened at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School, on the campus of the University of Virginia. There were about 50 students in attendance.

The course came about after Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III "made the rounds doing his battlefield circulation," said Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph P. Lister, with the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School, or TJAGLCS. "He saw some of the senior leaders getting into trouble and figured that if his enlisted advisors had some more legal education, they could help prevent these kinds of things from happening in the first place."

Sergeants major already provide advice and guidance to their commanders, Lister said. The new course simply arms them with more in-depth knowledge to help them do a better job.

"The education will be wide-ranging, including things like where and how you can spend specific pots of money, [or] how to prevent sexual assault from happening, [it covers] a gamut of legal topics," Lister said.

Lister said the Army response to the SMA's suggestion for the course was both positive and swift.

The SMA was on-hand for the opening of the threeday course, to meet with and speak to students.

"The things you do can have an immediate impact on your general officer or [Senior Executive Service civilian employee]," he told the class. "You have to have your head on a swivel to ensure you're not putting him or her in a place they are going to get into trouble."

Chandler told senior noncommissioned officers it is their responsibility to advise their bosses to help them avoid potential legal pitfalls.

A second goal for the course, Chandler said, is to protect sergeants major

from themselves. He said there are plenty of pitfalls that these senior leaders can fall into, such as "improper relationships, funding, or any number of things you can think of."

He said this education will help them better understand what is legally, morally and ethically right.

Also, during a time of fiscal austerity, Chandler cautioned senior enlisted leaders to be especially wary of offers for monetary assistance from private organizations.

A third goal of the course, Chandler said, is that "we expect sergeants major to take their education back to posts, camps and stations and institute a program around our Profession of Arms Campaign, which has to do with some of the ethics of serving in the military. We really need to help our young, junior Soldiers understand what we expect them to do and to do it in a correct manner."

Those selected to attend the course must work for a

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Lister said student feedback solicited at the end of the course will be shared with the faculty at both the JAG office and the SMA's office by around the first week in February.

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Companies interested

in exhibiting at the event are requested to contact Shelley Conklin, NCOA's Sales and Marketing Manager at sconklin@ncoausa. org or by phone at (210) 837-5200. You may also contact, Cliff Davis, at execdir@ or call (800) 662-2620 Ext. 241

Individuals looking to attend the Career Expo may register to attend the event online at career-expo/. Once registered for the event, the attendee will receive a follow-up email 3-5 days before the event with the list of attending companies for the event registered.

To submit an item for the briefs, e-mail us at news@ . Deadline for Friday's edition is noon Monday.

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Sunday Services: ? Sunday School 10 am ? Evangelistic Service 10:45 am ? Pentecost Live Service 6 pm

Tuesday Prayer Service 7 pm Wednesday Worship Service 7 pm

Church Phone 243-5600 Pastor Phone 420-7569

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