The Discovery Channel did a great piece entitled "Surviving the Cut". Series one was on the AF Pararescue Indoc, here's a brief video for you to enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8XVLcEWChk
Thursday, February 28, 2013
AF Pararescue - PJs
First thing I hear when I tell people what "9 Line" is about is, "What's a PJ?" I've heard everything one could possibly hear, was even asked once, "why would you write about pajamas?" Many people think Pararescue is merely a glorified parachuter or jumper, or the same as the Armies Paratrooper. However, they are more, much more.
Air Force Pararescue Jumper, PJ, is an elite special operations unit that is known for going into adverse conditions to rescue the fallen. They train for over two years in all aspects of the special operations fields, to include airborne school, dive school, underwater egress, survival school, freefall parachutist school, paramedic school, and pararescue recovery school. The training starts at Lackland AFB in what is know as the Indoctrination Course: an extensive 10 week course of rigorous physical conditioning, swimming, running, weight raining, etc. If you survive INDOC you will be one of few. The current drop out rate for PJ school is 85% - basically if you starting class in INDOC is 100 people, only 15 from that original class will graduate some two years later....
To be continued...
Air Force Pararescue Jumper, PJ, is an elite special operations unit that is known for going into adverse conditions to rescue the fallen. They train for over two years in all aspects of the special operations fields, to include airborne school, dive school, underwater egress, survival school, freefall parachutist school, paramedic school, and pararescue recovery school. The training starts at Lackland AFB in what is know as the Indoctrination Course: an extensive 10 week course of rigorous physical conditioning, swimming, running, weight raining, etc. If you survive INDOC you will be one of few. The current drop out rate for PJ school is 85% - basically if you starting class in INDOC is 100 people, only 15 from that original class will graduate some two years later....
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Synopsis
9
LINE
PJs
– That Others May Live
By Dawn M. Hodson
Genre:
Adventure/Thriller/Romance/Military - WGA-E Registration # I216170
Logline: When saving the lives of others is
your mission, being with your loved ones is put on hold. (Story based on
research and interviews on sight with U. S. Air Force Pararescuer personnel
with whom I worked with for several months. Story is a blend of buddy interchange, personal romance
with the backdrop of the heroic work of the Pararescuers. The Air Force
cooperated in the production of this screenplay.)
Synopsis: Joining the military after
graduation was always the plan; becoming a Pararescuer was a dream come
true. CHASE’S life was ideal; jumping
from C-130’s and Pave Hawk helicopters, water rescues, rock and ice climbing;
all completed in the name of the mission; rescue those in adverse conditions
and save lives.
Returning
from a mountain rescue, Chase runs into an old friend, the one he left behind,
the one he fell in love with before he left, MORGAN. Regardless of the Air
Force regulations stating their officer/enlisted relationship was prohibited,
their feelings for one another were rekindled.
Overseas
rotations come, and Chase leaves for Afghanistan, putting his full training to
use, working long hard hours, and getting little rest. When a small explosion occurs in downtown
Malgir, Chase receives the 9 line call and is sent with his team for medical
evacuations. Treatment is given, and as
they carry their patients back to the Pave Hawk, another explosion is heard -
the local Forward Operating Base (FOB) is hit.
Their
patients delivered safely, Chase and his team head out with their new orders to
the FOB. A trapped patient in critical
condition is found, and they are assigned to the extraction. During the initial treatment, the reality of
the situation is discovered; the victim is Morgan, newly rotated in from the
states. Fighting for each breath, Morgan
babbles aimlessly to Chase who struggles to keep her alive. Freed from her concrete prison, her last
breaths are drawn and Chase fights to bring her back.
Hopelessness
engulfs him while she is taken into pre-op, he falls against the wall as he
emotionally breaks down. His radio
sounds off and following his PJ creed, he quickly places his duties before his
personal desires and returns to his Pave Hawk. With Morgan still deep in his
heart, Chase stands patiently under a tree and smiles as his bride walks down
the aisle.
Dedicated
to those who have risked their lives “so others may live”
9 Line Intro Video
The video below is a promo video for "9 Line" - check it out on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2632311612828&set=vb.121785687921329&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2632311612828&set=vb.121785687921329&type=3&theater
About 9 Line
The United States Air Force has an elite group of Special Operations men called Pararescuemen, or PJs. They are apart of the Combat Rescue Team that is currently being featured on Nat Geo "Inside Combat Rescue" on Monday nights 2200 hrs.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inside-combat-rescue/?gclid=CLTu2Y7117UCFQ7NnAodfEIApg
9 Line is a full length feature film that tells the story of the PJs and the sacrifice that they make every day.
"One team, One mission, to save the lives of others"
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inside-combat-rescue/?gclid=CLTu2Y7117UCFQ7NnAodfEIApg
9 Line is a full length feature film that tells the story of the PJs and the sacrifice that they make every day.
"One team, One mission, to save the lives of others"
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