Thursday, December 4, 2008

Combat controller's actions epitomize the ethos of special tactics


War Story: Combat controller's actions epitomize the ethos of special tactics


by Master Sgt. Dennis Brewer
352nd Special Operations Group


12/2/2008 - RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Staff Sergeant Robert Gutierrez, Jr., an Air Force Special Tactics Combat Controller assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Group at RAF Mildenhall, deployed to Afghanistan in early January 2008.


During one of many missions, Sergeant Gutierrez was on patrol searching for a high-value target when his Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha team was ambushed.


Traveling along a mountain road, his team's convoy took insurgent fire from the right of their position as they neared a bridge -- across from the compound they were to search.



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