Combat Rescue Officer in desert with helicopter
Officer

Combat Rescue Officer

ENSURING LIVES ARE SAVED

When servicemen are injured and rendered immobile on the front lines, their life depends on a swift, effective evacuation. Responsible for organizing and strategizing recovery operations, Combat Rescue Officers provide the insights and skill essential for rescue missions to succeed. These highly capable and courageous Airmen not only train, equip and develop necessary survival skills in rescue personnel, but will often deploy into direct combat as a member of the rescue team themselves.

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What you’ll do

  • Provide command and control of full spectrum personnel recovery operations
  • Lead Pararescue, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) operations
  • Assess readiness through training exercises, inspections and evaluation results
  • Strategize and conduct rescue and recovery operations
  • Manage rescue programs and training
  • Direct short- and long-term survival and evasion assistance

  • 1st Lt Ted Rajala, Combat Rescue Officer (CRO)

  • Two Combat Rescue Officers transporting an Airman on a gurney
  • Combat Rescue Officer communicating on a headset
  • Three Combat Rescue Officers on a mission
  • Two Combat Rescue Officers providing medical attention on a mountainside
  • Combat Rescue Officer calling for a helicopter airlift
  • Combat rescue officers on an inflatable raft
  • Combat Rescue Officer leaning outside a helicopter over the desert
  • Combat Rescue Officer wearing parachute
  • Two Combat Rescue Officers inside helicopter
  • Two Special Warfare Airmen parachuting
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TRAINING & EDUCATION

How do we transform you into a leader and an officer in this field? From education to continued training, your Air Force path is here.

  • Officer Training School

    8.5 weeks

  • Military Training Location

    Maxwell AFB, AL

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REQUIREMENTS

You must meet several requirements before joining the Air Force. These concern your background, overall health and other standards set by the Air Force, Department of Defense and federal law.

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