SSGT WAPS STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What was the name of the NATO operation that included 28 NATO nations, 14
partner nations and 11,000 American troops to continue the mission of training, advising
and assisting the Afghan Air Force to help it become fully independent? - ✔✔NATO's
Operation Resolute Support
✔✔Working with NATO's Operation Resolute Support, how many NATO, nations
partner nations and American troops continued the missions of training, advising and
assisting the Afghan Air Force to help it become fully independent? - ✔✔28 NATO
Nations
14 Partner Nations
11,000 American Troops
✔✔What mission did 28 NATO nations, 14 partner nations and 11,000 American troops
continue while working with NATO's Operation Resolute Support? - ✔✔Training,
advising and assisting the Afghan Air Force to help it become fully independent
✔✔Acting as the primary Air Force combat search and rescue medic tasked to rescue
two American servicemen from terrain occupied by Al Qaeda and Taliban forces, who
was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross for his extraordinary heroism? He
remained in a burning fuselage to treat the wounded, moved his patients to a more
secure location under mortar attack and while mortally wounded and quickly fading, he
continued to direct patient movement while transferring responsibilities to another
medic. His selfless efforts resulted in the delivery of 10 gravely wounded Americans to
life-saving medical care. - ✔✔SrA Jason D. Cunningham
✔✔Who, during Operation Anaconda, was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross
and later upgraded to the Medal of Honor from President Donald J. Trump? He killed
two enemy soldiers, and without regard for his own life, he kept advancing toward a
dug-in machinegun nest when the team came under fire from three directions. He
ultimately succumbed to multiple wounds. His engagement and destruction of the first
enemy position and advancement to the second enabled his team to take cover, break
enemy contact and save the lives of the entire rescue team. - ✔✔TSgt John A.
Chapman
✔✔Who is the first Air Force member to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam
conflict? His widow accepted the posthumous upgrade to the Medal of Honor from
President Donald J. Trump and August 22, 2018. - ✔✔TSgt John A. Chapman
✔✔Who, as a pararescue-man, deployed to Afghanistan on March 11, 2004 as part of
an advancing force operations team serving alongside elements of the Afghan national
strike unit, received the Bronze Star with Valor and became one of the first six recipients
, of the Combat Action Medal? The mission was to capture a high-value target (a drug
kingpin who was funding terrorism) and prevent the proliferation of chemical weapons.
His actions suppressed enemy fire against three helicopters and drove the enemy
away. The raid resulted in two enemy kills, 10 enemy apprehensions and the
destruction of rocket-propelled grenades and small caliber weapons. - ✔✔SMSgt Colon-
Lopez
✔✔Who received the Bronze Star with valor and became one of the first six recipients
of the Combat Action Medal for his actions when deployed to Afghanistan on as part of
an advanced force operations team serving alongside elements of the Afghan national
strike unit. - ✔✔SMSgt Colon-Lopez
✔✔Who, three months into deployment as a security forces member of an off-base
convoy support team, was guarding a convoy en route from Camp Bucca, Iraq when the
convoy was hit by an IED near Safwan, Iraq? This Airmen was the first of the security
forces to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom. - ✔✔A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobsen
✔✔Who was the first security forces airman and first female airman to die in Operation
Iraqi Freedom? She served in the Air Force two years. - ✔✔A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobsen
✔✔On September 28, 2005, A1C Jacobsen was the first security forces airman and first
female airman to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom. What award was established in her
honor? - ✔✔Elizabeth N. Jacobson Award for Expeditionary Excellence
✔✔What award is given to airmen for outstanding performance during a deployment? -
✔✔Elizabeth N. Jacobson Award for Expeditionary Excellence
✔✔Who was awarded the Silver Star for his actions while completing a routine pre-brief
for a combat control mission at his deployed location in Wardak Province Afghanistan?
He helped save 23 lives when an Afghan police officer suddenly turned and opened fire
with a truck-mounted gun machine gun 25 feet away? He closed in on the gunman with
a pistol and an M-4 Rifle, neutralizing the immediate threat while still under heavy attack
from outside insurgents, he exposed himself to heavy machine gunfire three more times
to drag his wounded teammates out of the line of fire and then directed close air support
and surveillance aircraft to pinpoint, engage and eliminate additional insurgents. -
✔✔TSgt DeLorean Sheridan
✔✔Whose calmness and leadership in the face of danger helped save 23 lives in
Wardak Province, Afghanistan when an Afghan police officer suddenly turned and
opened fire with a truck-mounted machine gun 25 feet away? He was awarded the
Silver Star as well as one of the Air Force's most prestigious awards, the 2013 Lance P.
Sijan U.S Air Force Leadership Award. Lastly, he was selected as one of the one 12
Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2014. - ✔✔TSgt DeLorean Sheridan
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What was the name of the NATO operation that included 28 NATO nations, 14
partner nations and 11,000 American troops to continue the mission of training, advising
and assisting the Afghan Air Force to help it become fully independent? - ✔✔NATO's
Operation Resolute Support
✔✔Working with NATO's Operation Resolute Support, how many NATO, nations
partner nations and American troops continued the missions of training, advising and
assisting the Afghan Air Force to help it become fully independent? - ✔✔28 NATO
Nations
14 Partner Nations
11,000 American Troops
✔✔What mission did 28 NATO nations, 14 partner nations and 11,000 American troops
continue while working with NATO's Operation Resolute Support? - ✔✔Training,
advising and assisting the Afghan Air Force to help it become fully independent
✔✔Acting as the primary Air Force combat search and rescue medic tasked to rescue
two American servicemen from terrain occupied by Al Qaeda and Taliban forces, who
was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross for his extraordinary heroism? He
remained in a burning fuselage to treat the wounded, moved his patients to a more
secure location under mortar attack and while mortally wounded and quickly fading, he
continued to direct patient movement while transferring responsibilities to another
medic. His selfless efforts resulted in the delivery of 10 gravely wounded Americans to
life-saving medical care. - ✔✔SrA Jason D. Cunningham
✔✔Who, during Operation Anaconda, was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross
and later upgraded to the Medal of Honor from President Donald J. Trump? He killed
two enemy soldiers, and without regard for his own life, he kept advancing toward a
dug-in machinegun nest when the team came under fire from three directions. He
ultimately succumbed to multiple wounds. His engagement and destruction of the first
enemy position and advancement to the second enabled his team to take cover, break
enemy contact and save the lives of the entire rescue team. - ✔✔TSgt John A.
Chapman
✔✔Who is the first Air Force member to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam
conflict? His widow accepted the posthumous upgrade to the Medal of Honor from
President Donald J. Trump and August 22, 2018. - ✔✔TSgt John A. Chapman
✔✔Who, as a pararescue-man, deployed to Afghanistan on March 11, 2004 as part of
an advancing force operations team serving alongside elements of the Afghan national
strike unit, received the Bronze Star with Valor and became one of the first six recipients
, of the Combat Action Medal? The mission was to capture a high-value target (a drug
kingpin who was funding terrorism) and prevent the proliferation of chemical weapons.
His actions suppressed enemy fire against three helicopters and drove the enemy
away. The raid resulted in two enemy kills, 10 enemy apprehensions and the
destruction of rocket-propelled grenades and small caliber weapons. - ✔✔SMSgt Colon-
Lopez
✔✔Who received the Bronze Star with valor and became one of the first six recipients
of the Combat Action Medal for his actions when deployed to Afghanistan on as part of
an advanced force operations team serving alongside elements of the Afghan national
strike unit. - ✔✔SMSgt Colon-Lopez
✔✔Who, three months into deployment as a security forces member of an off-base
convoy support team, was guarding a convoy en route from Camp Bucca, Iraq when the
convoy was hit by an IED near Safwan, Iraq? This Airmen was the first of the security
forces to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom. - ✔✔A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobsen
✔✔Who was the first security forces airman and first female airman to die in Operation
Iraqi Freedom? She served in the Air Force two years. - ✔✔A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobsen
✔✔On September 28, 2005, A1C Jacobsen was the first security forces airman and first
female airman to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom. What award was established in her
honor? - ✔✔Elizabeth N. Jacobson Award for Expeditionary Excellence
✔✔What award is given to airmen for outstanding performance during a deployment? -
✔✔Elizabeth N. Jacobson Award for Expeditionary Excellence
✔✔Who was awarded the Silver Star for his actions while completing a routine pre-brief
for a combat control mission at his deployed location in Wardak Province Afghanistan?
He helped save 23 lives when an Afghan police officer suddenly turned and opened fire
with a truck-mounted gun machine gun 25 feet away? He closed in on the gunman with
a pistol and an M-4 Rifle, neutralizing the immediate threat while still under heavy attack
from outside insurgents, he exposed himself to heavy machine gunfire three more times
to drag his wounded teammates out of the line of fire and then directed close air support
and surveillance aircraft to pinpoint, engage and eliminate additional insurgents. -
✔✔TSgt DeLorean Sheridan
✔✔Whose calmness and leadership in the face of danger helped save 23 lives in
Wardak Province, Afghanistan when an Afghan police officer suddenly turned and
opened fire with a truck-mounted machine gun 25 feet away? He was awarded the
Silver Star as well as one of the Air Force's most prestigious awards, the 2013 Lance P.
Sijan U.S Air Force Leadership Award. Lastly, he was selected as one of the one 12
Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2014. - ✔✔TSgt DeLorean Sheridan
