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Pararescuemen (AFSC 1T2X1), also called PJs (a nickname pronounced 'pee jays'), are United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) operatives tasked with recovery and medical treatment of personnel in humanitarian and combat environments. They are the only members of the DoD specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. Of the 22 enlisted Air Force Cross recipients, 12 have been awarded to Pararescuemen.

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visualintel > OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A pararescueman from the 301st Rescue Squadron scans the Iraqi desert from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter April 6 during a mission in southern Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > Two U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, assigned to the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, conduct an operational training exercise at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 19, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon/Released) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > Pararescuemen from the 66th Expeditionary Rescue stand in front of their HH-60G Pave Hawk helicoper for a team photo Sept. 19 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > 060727 FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz -- Pararescuemen from both the 48th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB and 58th RQS, Nellis AFB, prepare to transport simulated patient in an HH-60 Pave hawk during mass casualty exercise "Angel Thunder" placed at the Huachuca Mountains. A total of 30 simulated patients had initial on-scene assessment and treatment by the Pararescuemen. Exercise participants trained in preparation for real world mass casualty situations. .(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Veronica Pierce)..(RELEASED). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Asher Woodhouse, a pararescueman from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, provides rear security as his team carries a simulated casualty toward an evacuation point during a training exercise at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2009. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal, U.S. Air Force/Released)

visualintel > NEW ORLEANS -- Tech. Sgt. Lem Torres and a young boy are lifted to safety from the roof of the child's flooded home. The pararescueman and the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., deployed to New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina search-and-rescue operations (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

visualintel > OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A pararescueman from the 301st Rescue Squadron checks in from a forward-deployed location in Iraq during an Operation Iraqi Freedom mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. William Lawson, a pararescueman with the 129th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, cares for a wounded Afghan National Army soldier in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2009. Lawson will provide care to the injured soldier until he can be delivered to a hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller/Released)