Team Demos... Oh yea... we did those too.
Above you can see the author doing a spider crawl at the Base Theater at Howard AFB, Panama. Below the team prepares to assault the base theater for a demo that was presented to Argentinian Army Special Forces who were interested in Tactics for Emergency Service Teams. Did we do demos... oh yeah... for the Argentinians, the Peruvians, the Hondurans, well it was good training.
Osan E.S.T.
Self Explained... NYPD ESU
MSgt Edgar Castro, Retired, during his re-enlistment ceremony at Howard AFB, Panama, by LtCol Coleman, several of the SP liaison and SP investigators from Eddie's office are witnessing the ceremony. If you look closely at Eddie's uniform there appears to be lettering on the back... my guess E.S.T. para siempre! The young man standing next to LtCol Coleman is Gilbert Garcia... I remember once Gilberto telling me he could never see himself doing the E.S.T. thing... yet after leaving the Air Force, he ended up working on the Federal Prison S.O.R.T. teams... go Gilbert!!! Orrah!
He is Edgar again, now works in San Antonio, Texas for a local college as the Law Enforcement Officer for Campus Police, a State Agency.
Neal... our favorite Brit. on our team in Panama, the ONLY answer he knew is ...on the board.
Where the hell are ya?
Mike Tsung reenlists in his EST Uniform, sworn in by Major John Costello, 24SPS Commander then ...at Howard AFB, Panama. Currently retired, Colonel Costello was a great commander and supporter of Emergency Service Teams.
Mike Tsung coming down inverted
Group photo of OSAN EST included medic and EOD team members.
2 comments:
Hey Roberto,
Long time no talk. Enjoyed these pictures. I remember the comment about not doing the EST thing....well sooner or later, everybody joins one or another. Love it though, currently a Lieutenant with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, After 6 years I changed from SORT. I am the Disturbance Control Team Leader with 2 squads under me. OOORAH I am also the Emergency Preparedness Officer which means I have the Hostage Negotiations Team, Crisis Support Team, and Command Center Team under the umbrella of EPO. Man, did I get in deep. Anyway, love it.....hope ta hear from ya...
YESSSSSSSSSS... I love it when a plan comes together. Hola mi amigo, best to you and the fam... dude... oh wait, Lt. now... good on you...SIR! Oh yeah...sounds like you are in real deep... but give 'em what they need..."constant training" and it is wonderful to hear from you..so, I'm posting this.. dude email me... rob29085@hughes.net Let's link up again and maybe we can plan a get together... National Police Week coming up in May in D.C. Think about it. Awesome, just awesome... I hope you know how proud we are of all our former SP/SF buddies. It's great to hear how far you've come. Link up!
El Jefe
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