Jose Vazquez

Retired SF

About Me

Jose is a Retired Special Forces Sergeant Major with multiple deployments with the 7th Special Forces Group, and the Joint Special Operations Command.

While assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (A), Jose deployed numerous times to Central and South America, and twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom/Combined Joint Task Force-76 from 2004-2005 and Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan from 2018-2019.

While assigned to JSOC, Jose deployed to Qatar in support of both Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Jose spent some time as a Military Free Instructor and became a Military Free Fall Examiner and a Tandem Instructor Examiner with over 4,500 jumps to include 2,700 student jumps, and more than 1,400 Tandem Jumps, as well as a Professional Jump Demonstrator.

After retirement with 29 years of Active-Duty Service, Jose continued his passion for teaching Military Free Fall and works as an Instructor for multiple units within the Special Operations Command, as well as starting Long Tab Lines, a Non-Profit Outdoor Recreation Company for SOF Operators and their Spouses, Gold Star Families, and First Responders.

Long Tab Lines is an Outdoor Recreation Company dedicated to Special Operation Forces and their families, Gold Star Families and First Responders to reduce the suicide and divorce rates that plague those communities.