Jason Neer

Master Sergeant Jason Neer is a United States Air Force Battlefield Airman. He enlisted into the Air Force following the completion of of his university degree. He served in the 21st and 24th Special Tactics Squadron under the United States Air Force Special Operations Command as a Special Operations Weatherman and Special Reconnaissance Operator. He serves in a Joint Special Operations Command Task Force known as Task Force 199 as an Assistant Troop Chief.

Early Life
Jason was born on August 19th, 1990, and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father served in the US Air Force as a Fighter Weapons Systems Officer and was assigned to the United States Air Force Pacific while his mother worked as a nurse. The family moved around the Pacific to Japan and South Korea till his father's retirement in 2003. Settling down in Washington, Jason attended a number of schools and became known as a quiet person since he struggled to maintain lasting friendships. Despite his social awkwardness, he found interest in the United States Air Force and sought out interesting career fields by talking to his dad's friends. Jason followed the Global War on Terror where he saw individuals such as Bart Decker, a USAF Combat Controller, leading the fight against Al Qaeda in late 2001. Throughout his childhood, he continued to research the growing Special Tactics community and their success across the world.

In 2008, Jason began his university education at the University of Washington in Seattle. He originally intended to study Civil Engineering but had to select another major due to a capacity-constraint and settled with Atmospheric Sciences. While in the program, Jason learned about the importance of weather and how it influenced the world's ability to operate. In the summers, Jason completed internships with the National Weather Service in Seattle and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He learned about the Special Operations Weather Technician career field in USAF and found himself becoming someone who wanted to perform environmental reconnaissance for USAF. Graduating from the University of Washington in 2012, Jason enlisted into the United States Air Force.

Military Career
Enlisting into the Air Force 2012, Jason completed his Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base then began the Special Operations Weather Team Specialist pipeline. Following his graduation from the pipeline in 2014, he was assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He deployed attached to a ODA to support Operation Inherent Resolve and ran missions between Iraq and Syria throughout 2015. Working alongside Special Operations Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, Jason provided environmental data and weather information for planners to execute their planning. Following the completion of his first deployment, he then completed a deployment with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment in a Special Tactics Element Team as a Member to Afghanistan to support Operation Freedom's Sentinel where he ran environment reconnaissance for the unit between 2016 and 2017. Jason then attempted the 724th Special Tactics Group and later completed the Operator Training Course to join the 24th Special Tactics Squadron in 2018.

As a member of Blue Team, Jason deployed to conduct further special reconnaissance and weather data across Africa in support of Operation Inherent Resolve by 2018 for Special Operations Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve. During his time, he worked to support combat operations in Mosul, Raqqa, and around other ISIS controlled area. Jason augmented with an Expeditionary Targeting Force as a Special Tactics Element Leader. He worked alongside two Combat Controllers where the three often jumped around together to conduct operations across the deployed areas. Following his return to the United States in 2018, Jason went on to complete a variety of courses to become a qualified Free-fall Jumpmaster and others until the restructure of Special Operations Weather Technician to Special Reconnaissance in 2019.

Jason went through the the Special Reconnaissance Training Pipeline in 2019 with the first class and graduated in 2020. Following the completion of his training, Jason returned to the 24th Special Tactics Squadron and became a Special Tactics Element Team Leader within Silver Team. He deployed to Africa and supported Operation Juniper Shield where he ran survey missions across the continent to support clandestine operations alongside a 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta troop. He served on the training cadre of the 724th Special Tactics Group where he ran Assessment and Selection along with the Operator Training Course as a Special Reconnaissance Operator. For three years, Jason oversaw training of candidates wanting to join the 724th Special Tactics Group. After leaving the training gig, he joined Red Team as an Assistant Troop Chief for a time then joined Joint Special Operations Command, Task Force - Advance Force Operations in 2024.

He participated in Operation Blackadder in the fall of 2024 and then deployed following the New Year's Offensive under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Emerson Reed as an Assistant Team Leader. Jason was reassigned to Joint Special Operations Command, Task Force 199 as an Assistant Team Leader in 2025 following his tour with Task Force - Advance Force Operations.