31 May 2017 (14:50 UTC-07 Tango 06) 10 Khordad 1396/05 Ramadan 1438/06 Yi Si(5th) 4715

“Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be total.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War (about 2-thousand-4-hundred years ago)

USA Special Ops parachute rigger gets ride from USCG after jumping into Lake Worth.

With the help of the Fort Worth Fire Department (FWFD), U.S. Army (USA) and U.S Coast Guard (USCG), Texas National Guard’s 136th Airlift Wing’s 181st Weather Flight jumped from a perfectly good C-130 using the M-6 Maneuverable Troop Parachute System:

On 20 MAY 2017, twelve covert weathermen of the 181st Weather Flight jumped from 305 meters (1-thousand feet) into Lake Worth, for the first time in the unit’s history.

Recovering the M-6 MTPS.

Six of those part-time state militia para-frog-men are full-time Fort Worth firefighters: “This was the first time we were able to do something like this as far as recovery. There are more than 900 firefighters in the city with a lot of diverse backgrounds and skills sets, and several of those guys also serve in the military. We were able to utilize those internal relationships to train on things that we don’t have the opportunity to do as often. We also get to improve our methods on-the- ground, as far as communication and working through these missions to make sure they run smoothly in the
future. It truly benefits both sides and it was very exciting to see some of our own jumping out of that aircraft.”-Ralph Diamond, FWFD battalion chief

Combat weathermen para-jumping into Lake Worth, Texas.

They’re known officially as Air Force Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT).  Military weather personnel help combat commanders make decisions about how to fight their battles.

Texas Air Guard covert weatherman swims with his gear in-tow.

Most people don’t know it but daily changes in the climate have always affected combat operations.  It wasn’t until after World War Two that militaries around the world began to develop true ‘all weather’ capabilities.  However, while humans become more adapted to fighting in bad weather their new fangled electronic hi-tech weapon developments are highly susceptible to climate change.  For example, those laser trackers can be blocked by a light rain or snowfall, and radio communications can be disrupted by changes in the local electromagnetic field (wind, thunderstorms).

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