SWIFT, SILENT, DEADLY: Force Recon Marines train at JBER
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- U.S. Reconnaissance Marine Corparal Brian Higdon, of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, Camp Pendleton, records the wind speed for the Marines who will perform a high altitude-low opening jump into Drop Zone Geronimo, October 26. The Force Recon Marines were practicing a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel at DZ Geronimo, located in a valley of the Chugach mountains. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)