Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Technical Sergeant Brian Oswald (Hometown: San Anselimo, California), a pararescueman assigned to the 66th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, confers with a HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft crewmember from the 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force, Georgia prior to conducting a high altitude low opening (HALO) jump. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada