Kālā Kūlana Meteorologists Ma Ka Pākuʻu
na ke Aliʻi Nui Sgt. Gary Emery
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - E hoʻoulu ana ma o nā pua nani Burmese a me Maj. Gen. Orde Wingate's Chindits; e hoʻokuʻu ana ma luna o DMZ ma Vietnam Hema; hele i ka'ākauʻo'Ikekaia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka holomuaʻana o ka holoʻana o nā kānaka heʻekahi -ʻaʻole ka lā maʻamau ma ke keena no ka mea nui o nā mea hōʻailona.
Akāʻo kēlā mau misionari a me nā mea'ē aʻe heʻoi aku kaʻoihana e like me nā mea maʻamau mai ka makahiki 1942 no nā hui kūikawā o nā hui kūikawā i hoʻonohonohoʻia e ka 10th Combat Weather Squadron maʻaneʻi.
Ua piʻi nā meteorologists aʻoʻia i nā hanaʻoihana kūikawā ma ke kumu o ka ihe no nā makahiki he 60. Ke waiho nei lākou me nā mea hana'ē aʻe mai kēlā me kēia lālā o nā pūʻali koa. Hāʻawi lākou i nā pūkaua hakakā me nāʻike a me ka hōʻoia o ke aniau e pono ai lākou e hoʻolālā a hoʻokumu i nā mikionali ma nā kūlanaʻike,ʻoihana a me nāʻoihana o ke kaua.
ʻO nā lālā o ka papahana Air Force Paʻa o Airman, nā haumāna hana kūikawā i loaʻa ka hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe o nā meteorologists, ka luna alakaʻi o kaʻoihana Maj.
"ʻO kā mākou mau haumāna i hele mua ma waena o ka hoʻonaʻauao kūwaʻu kūwaho a lawelawe i kahi pūʻulu o ka manawa ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi manawaleʻa no SOWT," i'ōlelo aiʻo ia.
'Ōlelo maiʻo Major Shannon, "ʻO mākou ke hana me nā hui hana kūikawā mai ke kauoha kauoha a ka US Army Special Operations, akā, no ko mākou kūlana kūʻokoʻa, mākou e hana pū me nā pūʻuluʻoihana kūikawā mai nā lawelawe'ē aʻe.
Ma muli o keʻano o nā poʻe a mākou e hui pū nei, hana nui mākou i ka hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā i hanaʻia e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau pū me lākou ma ke kula. "
Ua kūpono ke kūpono i nā haumāna o kaʻaha kanaka a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopaʻa i nā helu kūikawā likeʻole me ka poʻe pio palekana, nā mea hōʻeuʻeu hōʻeuʻeu, Rangers, hōʻailona hōʻailona me nā mea'ē aʻe.
Ua loaʻa i kekahi poʻe o ka hui i ka hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā i ka hoʻokele hau hau, ka hau hau a me ka hoʻouluʻana i ka hauʻoli eʻoi aku ai ke kūlikeʻana me kā lākou mau mikini SOF,ʻo ia kāna i'ōlelo ai.
"Uaʻike mākou i ka wā e wehe mākou i kahi wānana, e hoʻohana kekahi i ka holomua," i'ōleloʻia aiʻo Capt. Don Garrett, ke kākoʻo kōkua o ka pūʻulu. "Hāʻawi mākou i ka manawa maoli, nā maka-i, ka pono o ka honua e pili ana i nā kūlana i hiki ke hoʻoikaika nui i ka misionari.
"ʻO ia ke kumu nui o ka lole lole limahana," wahi āna. "Ua makemake mākou e hāʻawi aku i hoʻokahi haneli haneli i kēlā me kēia lā."
Uaʻaeʻo Major Shannon i nā kānaka i ka mea e hoʻonāukiuki ai nā pūkū o ka lewa.
"He mauʻano koʻikoʻi kēia poʻe. He poʻe paʻakikī lākou e hana ana me kaʻole o ka hopena, "wahi āna. "ʻAʻole he nui o mākou, no laila, uaʻike mākou i kekahi i kekahi aʻike i keʻano o ka hana."
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua nui loa nā mea hana SOWT ma ka 'Oihana Hoʻokele. Ke heluʻia nei lākou ma ka Hōʻike Kaulike Pūʻali Koa o ka Honua, kahi kūlana waiwai nui.
Aia ma kahi o 100 poʻe hana SOWT ma ka Air Force, e like me 20 a 25 mau luna,ʻo Major Shannon. ʻO ka hapa nui me ka Hurlburt squadron. Akāʻo kekahi poʻe e lawelawe pū me nā pūnaehanaʻike kūikawā o ka AFSOC maʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia a me nā'āina'ē, e'ōlelo anaʻo ia.
ʻAʻole wale nā helu liʻiliʻi o nā billets e hana inā paʻakikī e komo i loko o ka māhele SOWT, ua like ka paʻakikī o nā papahana hoʻolālā a me ka papa koho. ʻO ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo nā moho SOWT e loaʻa i ka PAST nā mea likeʻole e like me ka Air Force PJ a me CCT: 2 x 25m ka wai kai hohonu, 500 mʻauʻau, pākiki, situp, huki huki, a me 1.5 mile ka holo. E makemakeʻia lākou e huki (e halihali ana i nā peʻapeʻa he 50 paona) no nā hana kūpono.
ʻO kahi mīkini "ʻoihana" SOWT e like me ka hana a Staff Sgt. ʻO Dave Mack. Ua komoʻo ia i Iraq me ka pūʻali koa ikaika o ka pūʻali koa ma ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ua hanaʻia me ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana i nāʻikepili o ke kai, ua kāohi ka pūʻali i nā pōhaku ākea i kanu iā lākou i loko o kā lākou mau moe moe.
Ua ola lākou i nā hōʻailona missi 12, kahi i'ānai ai i kā lākou humvee, a ua hoʻomanawanui loa i ka hōʻeaʻana o nā mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi.
Ma kekahi manawa, ua loaʻa iā Sergeant Mack he 36 mau manawa mau no kaʻikeʻana i kaʻike i hiki ai i ka mokulele ke hōʻeha i nāʻehaʻeha mai Baghdad. Ua hana pūʻo ia i nāʻike palekana a me nā mea kaua me nā hoa o ka hui.
"Loaʻa iāʻoe kaʻoluʻolu nui mai kēia misionari," i'ōlelo aiʻo Shannon Shannon. "Ke hana like nei nā mea a pau a ua hoʻoiliʻoe i ka misionari ma kēlā me kēia kau, mai ka hoʻolālāʻana i ka hoʻopaʻiʻana no ka hoʻolimalima houʻana."
ʻO Staff Sgt. ʻO kā Jody Ball, he mea hōʻailona makahikiʻehā makahiki o kaʻoihana kūikawā kūikawā, uaʻae.
"ʻO ka hui pūʻana o nā kānaka a me ka misionari ka mea i nui ai kēia hana," i'ōlelo aiʻo ia. "Ke hana nei wau me nā hui kūikawā o Rangers, (Army), (hakakā lapaʻau), e hakakā me nā luna - he hui nui.
"Heʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kou hiki ke hana i kahi kikowaena mau lā," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole ia kou lāʻoihana."
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