1 00:00:01,340 --> 00:00:03,451 with your look around the Air Force , 2 00:00:03,451 --> 00:00:05,340 I'm airman first class Jared hess 3 00:00:05,340 --> 00:00:08,240 pararescue men from the 31st and 33rd 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,296 rescue squadrons partnered with army 5 00:00:10,296 --> 00:00:12,018 vessel crews for joint medical 6 00:00:12,018 --> 00:00:14,240 evacuation for medevac training off the 7 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,760 coast of Okinawa , Japan . The exercise 8 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:18,816 included day and nighttime scenarios 9 00:00:18,816 --> 00:00:20,816 that required rescue helicopters to 10 00:00:20,816 --> 00:00:22,538 hover above army watercraft as 11 00:00:22,538 --> 00:00:24,538 pararescue men were lowered down to 12 00:00:24,538 --> 00:00:26,204 provide medical treatment and 13 00:00:26,204 --> 00:00:28,260 evacuation . The joint training gave 14 00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:30,482 the vessel crews and pararescue men the 15 00:00:30,482 --> 00:00:32,593 chance to optimize medevac procedures 16 00:00:32,593 --> 00:00:34,816 and improve communications to help them 17 00:00:34,816 --> 00:00:34,200 work better together during a real 18 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,440 world emergency . The 2021 pararescue 19 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,551 and rodeo and reunion invited current 20 00:00:39,551 --> 00:00:41,551 and former para rescue man , better 21 00:00:41,551 --> 00:00:43,773 known as PJS and combat rescue officers 22 00:00:43,773 --> 00:00:45,884 from across the world to compete in a 23 00:00:45,884 --> 00:00:48,107 variety of course skills . The Rodeo is 24 00:00:48,107 --> 00:00:50,329 a 40 year tradition in the PJ community 25 00:00:50,329 --> 00:00:52,273 and this year more than 30 members 26 00:00:52,273 --> 00:00:54,273 competed in disciplines like target 27 00:00:54,273 --> 00:00:56,051 shooting , propelling , medical 28 00:00:56,051 --> 00:00:57,996 evacuation and precision parachute 29 00:00:57,996 --> 00:00:59,884 jumping . One retired PJ says the 30 00:00:59,884 --> 00:01:02,140 competition gets newer PJs to practice 31 00:01:02,140 --> 00:01:04,196 and compete in their core skills and 32 00:01:04,196 --> 00:01:06,307 older PJS involved to teach the newer 33 00:01:06,307 --> 00:01:08,307 generation from their experiences . 34 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,970 About 200 airmen from the 99th civil 35 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:12,748 Engineer Squadron's Prime based 36 00:01:12,748 --> 00:01:14,914 engineer Emergency Forces participated 37 00:01:14,914 --> 00:01:16,950 in an actual combat employment or 38 00:01:17,170 --> 00:01:19,340 exercise at nellis Air Force Base 39 00:01:19,340 --> 00:01:21,930 Nevada . The three day exercise brought 40 00:01:21,930 --> 00:01:23,874 12 different civil engineer career 41 00:01:23,874 --> 00:01:26,041 fields together to learn , wartime and 42 00:01:26,041 --> 00:01:28,097 job skills not typically used within 43 00:01:28,097 --> 00:01:30,152 their own specialties . The training 44 00:01:30,152 --> 00:01:32,486 included building small shelter systems , 45 00:01:32,486 --> 00:01:34,263 tactical combat casualty care , 46 00:01:34,263 --> 00:01:36,486 explosive ordinance Familiarization and 47 00:01:36,486 --> 00:01:38,510 bear based setup . The goal of the 48 00:01:38,510 --> 00:01:40,510 training was to build multi capable 49 00:01:40,510 --> 00:01:42,677 airmen under the Ace construct , which 50 00:01:42,677 --> 00:01:44,732 allows for fewer airmen with a wider 51 00:01:44,732 --> 00:01:46,788 range of skills to be deployed . The 52 00:01:46,788 --> 00:01:48,899 same contingency . The squadron hopes 53 00:01:48,899 --> 00:01:51,066 to integrate other non engineer career 54 00:01:51,066 --> 00:01:53,288 fields , like maintenance and medical , 55 00:01:53,288 --> 00:01:55,399 to offer the Ace concept on a grander 56 00:01:55,399 --> 00:01:57,621 scale , and that's your look around the 57 00:01:57,621 --> 00:01:57,020 Air Force .