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第一位美国飞行员从丛林作战训练课程毕业 - 巴拿马
美国空军参谋长。第 824 基地防御中队的 Duchaine Paul 成为第一位从巴拿马严格的丛林作战训练课程毕业的飞行员。
来源:美国空军总分类U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Duchaine Paul, assigned to the 824th Base Defense Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, earned the jungle tab from the Jungle Operations Training Course - Panama class 26-5, May 15, and has become the first Airman to graduate from the JOTC-P.
Before attending the course, Paul had spent time building strong partnerships with Panamanian personnel through joint training with the Servicio de Protección Institucional, Panama’s presidential security force.
“幸运的是，我非常幸运能够与 SPI 等其他合作伙伴一起进行培训，SPI 是巴拿马的总统安保机构，”Paul 说道。 “And we got to train with them over at Cerro Tigre. And it’s been some great partnership and just building a relationship with the Panamanians.”
该课程让丛林学生沉浸在世界上最无情的环境之一中。 Deep within the dense Panamanian jungle, students battle oppressive heat and humidity, relentless tropical rains that turn the ground into thick, sinking mud, swarms of insects, venomous wildlife, and nearly impenetrable vegetation.在纠结的灌木丛中航行需要时刻保持警惕。 while the survival skills, small-unit tactics, and waterborne operations test every ounce of physical endurance and mental resilience the jungle students possess.
“Those difficult moments of the course is what kept me going through every single day… I look over to one of my friends, they would be struggling just as much. I just knew I couldn’t let up … You’re struggling. You see your buddy just barely making it. It’s a good option to just laugh at each other like, ‘Yeah, I cannot believe we’re here right now.’ You just keep pushing.”
语言障碍给保罗带来了另一个挑战，但他将其视为机会而不是障碍。他解释说，这是成为一些丛林学生所说的“战术双语”的好方法。