Wizadri
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I've searched the internet thoroughly for information regarding this but I cannot seem to find an answer to these questions, I apologize if there is information regarding this subject or if I've misunderstood something along the way.
I've heard Pararescuemen say plenty of times that they're personnel recovery specialists, not simply medics, CSAR specialists, MEDEVAC specialists, direct action, FID, reconnaissance specialists, etc. Although that is not to say they cannot function adequately in most of those skills I just listed.The conclusion this leads me to is that Pararescuemen are trained to be able to run the full spectrum of any mission that requires recovery of a person and that is their primary and/or sole function in SOCOM.
What I'm not understanding is lets say there is someone on a well defended ship that needs to be recovered via VBSS chances are SOCOM is going to send another SOF because of the VBSS and direct action aspects of the mission. Therefore it would seem that pararescue is not conducting the full spectrum of personnel recovery operations. Or am I ignorant for even calling that a personnel recovery mission in the first place instead of simply a VBSS, direct action, or hostage rescue situation in the first place and pararescue really does run the whole gamut of personnel recovery missions? In other words at what point does a mission no longer qualify as simply a personnel recovery mission, and becomes something else such as a direct action, hostage rescue, etc, mission according to command, and pararescue not being sent as a result of that?
Does pararescue ever get into situations when INDEPENDENT of other SOF units where they have to offensively (in a direct action like way) fight to reach a person in order to recover them with command knowing this will happen before hand? For example would you see pararescue insert an area and set up an ambush or something similar to reach their recovery? I highlighted independent of other SOFs because I know they do this with other units (Mogadishu, Takur Ghar, etc).
Thank you for taking the time to read this post and answer it. Like I said I apologize if any of this has been asked before, I need to use more common sense, I seem ignorant, etc.
I've heard Pararescuemen say plenty of times that they're personnel recovery specialists, not simply medics, CSAR specialists, MEDEVAC specialists, direct action, FID, reconnaissance specialists, etc. Although that is not to say they cannot function adequately in most of those skills I just listed.The conclusion this leads me to is that Pararescuemen are trained to be able to run the full spectrum of any mission that requires recovery of a person and that is their primary and/or sole function in SOCOM.
What I'm not understanding is lets say there is someone on a well defended ship that needs to be recovered via VBSS chances are SOCOM is going to send another SOF because of the VBSS and direct action aspects of the mission. Therefore it would seem that pararescue is not conducting the full spectrum of personnel recovery operations. Or am I ignorant for even calling that a personnel recovery mission in the first place instead of simply a VBSS, direct action, or hostage rescue situation in the first place and pararescue really does run the whole gamut of personnel recovery missions? In other words at what point does a mission no longer qualify as simply a personnel recovery mission, and becomes something else such as a direct action, hostage rescue, etc, mission according to command, and pararescue not being sent as a result of that?
Does pararescue ever get into situations when INDEPENDENT of other SOF units where they have to offensively (in a direct action like way) fight to reach a person in order to recover them with command knowing this will happen before hand? For example would you see pararescue insert an area and set up an ambush or something similar to reach their recovery? I highlighted independent of other SOFs because I know they do this with other units (Mogadishu, Takur Ghar, etc).
Thank you for taking the time to read this post and answer it. Like I said I apologize if any of this has been asked before, I need to use more common sense, I seem ignorant, etc.
