December 2010 (6).qxd - United States Special Operations Command
December 2010 (6).qxd - United States Special Operations Command
December 2010 (6).qxd - United States Special Operations Command
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(Top) Maj. Timothy Ballard with the 1st <strong>Special</strong><br />
<strong>Operations</strong> Support Squadron at Hurlburt<br />
Field, Fla., carries a 6-year-old boy from a<br />
helicopter to a field clinic Jan. 19 at the<br />
Toussaint L'ouverture International Airport in<br />
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo by Tech. Sgt.<br />
James L. Harper Jr.<br />
(Center) A pararescueman from the 23rd<br />
<strong>Special</strong> Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.,<br />
and members of various rescue teams climb a<br />
ladder to get to a 25-year-old woman who has<br />
been trapped in a collapsed building for seven<br />
days Jan. 19 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo by<br />
Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.<br />
.<br />
(Bottom) A combat controller from the 21st<br />
<strong>Special</strong> Tactics Squadron, Pope Air Force<br />
Base, N.C., assesses a potential drop zone for<br />
relief supplies during Operation Unified<br />
Response in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19. The<br />
U.S. military conducted humanitarian and<br />
disaster relief operations in the area as part of<br />
Operation Unified Response after a 7.0-<br />
magnitude earthquake struck the country Jan.<br />
12. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.<br />
Tip of the Spear<br />
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