Duke reservists deliver warriors for combat exercise: Day one

Students with the 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron, leap from a MC-130E Combat Talon I from the 919th Special Operations Wing during a recent mission as part of a two-day exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six Hurlburt Field Airmen and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

A student with the 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron, waits for the word to go before leaping from a MC-130E Combat Talon I from the 919th Special Operations Wing during a recent mission as part of a two-day exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six Hurlburt Field Airmen and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

Students with the 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron, leap from a MC-130E Combat Talon I from the 919th Special Operations Wing during a recent mission as part of a two-day exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six Hurlburt Field Airmen and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

A student with the 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron, talks with a 711th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster during a recent jump mission as part of a two-day exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six Hurlburt Field Airmen and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

Students with the 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron, leap from a MC-130E Combat Talon I from the 919th Special Operations Wing during a recent mission as part of a two-day exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six Hurlburt Field Airmen and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

A student with the 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron, tries to stay hydrated while sitting in a Humvee inside a MC-130E Combat Talon during a recent jump mission part of a two-day exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six Hurlburt Field Airmen and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

A student with the 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron, prepares his weapons on a Humvee before it's loaded on to a MC-130E Combat Talon during a recent mission as part of a two-day exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six Hurlburt Field Airmen and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

Students with the 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron, roll their Humvee out of a MC-130E Combat Talon during a recent mission as part of a two-day exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six Hurlburt Field Airmen and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

Senior Airman Donald McNaron, a loadmaster with the 711th Special Operations Wing, prepares the tracks on the back of a MC-130E Combat Talon during a recent jump mission as part of a two-day 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six Hurlburt Field Airmen and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

Capt. John Karlesky, a pilot with the 711th Special Operations Squadron, maneuvers the MC-130E Combat Talon I into place during a recent mission at Duke Field, Fla. The aircrew of reservists delivered approximately six 23rd Special Tactics Training Squadron Airmen from Hurlburt Field and their equipment to their coordinates to begin the exercise. The exercise provided counter-insurgency tactics, land navigation and mission planning to potential Air Force combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Foster)