‘First There,’ a motto combat controllers bellow during their two-year training pipeline, and later affirm in blood, sweat and sacrifice on the most forward-deployed and dangerous battlefields as they pave the way for other forces to follow.

Mildenhall combat controller earns Grateful Nation Award
by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

‘First There,’ a motto combat controllers bellow during their two-year training pipeline, and later affirm in blood, sweat and sacrifice on the most forward-deployed and dangerous battlefields as they pave the way for other forces to follow.

As a member of the most highly trained special operations force in the U.S. military, Tech. Sgt. Ted Hofknecht, who is assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, upheld the meaning of that motto in three notable combat engagements in remote areas of Afghanistan and was honored at the Jewish Institute of National Security Affairs awards dinner in Washington D.C., Nov. 7.

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