"We like to share and spread it everywhere. "We are very big on our symbol," Brown said.
If you look closely, the feet, with varying numbers of toes, can be found all around the world. The rescue community may be small, but the green feet symbol has traveled far and wide. I'll go to a place, and I'll look where they put the feet, and I'll be like, 'Oh, I know that guy, I worked with that guy.' We're (a small community), it's nice to see who's come and gone." "Any of my deployment locations or home stations, my feet are there with the dates and times. "When someone leaves, that's the way to commemorate them," Brown said. The tradition of painting an Airman's feet green after their final flight or before a permanent change of station, is a way of leaving an impression and staying connected. We have a very close relationship."īrown explained that the rescue community is small and tight-knit, like a family. The enlisted and the officers work very well together. Unlike a lot of other communities, we're very close with our maintenance Airmen. Sky Jensen, the 56th RQS chief of weapons and tactics. "We are a very busy community and we work very hard," said Capt. "That's to represent the squadron - the 56th."Īt the 56th RQS, the pilots, maintenance personnel, aircrew, and the pararescuemen, or PJs, are closely integrated. Bernard Smith, the 56th RQS director of operations. "Anytime you see the green feet at the 56th, you'll notice that it has five toes on the left foot and six toes on the other foot," said Lt. The 56th RQS is unique in several ways, according to squadron Airmen. He wanted a symbol that everyone could recognize and remember, and he came up with the green feet." "The green feet symbol is from retired Chief Master Sgt. Roger Brown, a 56th Helicopter Maintenance Unit dedicated crew chief. "The symbol of the green feet spawned from the jolly green giant," explained Staff Sgt. The origin of the green feet symbol came from Vietnam, when the HH-3E helicopter, also known as the Jolly Green Giant, would land in the rice patties and grass fields, leaving huge impressions that looked like giant green footprints. Mathew Macella, the 56th Rescue Squadron pararescueman blue team NCO in charge, succinctly summed up the explanation for all the stickers of green feet found around Royal Air Force Lakenheath and what they mean for the 56th RQS. ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England (AFNS) - Green feet mean rescue.
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