Air Force Combat Controllers

Combat controllers are among the most elite in the military. Top 10 easy. These guys are independent operators, like Marine Recon, except with more air assets.

They are experts at stealth insertion well behind enemy lines and are often just a disembodied voice for other ground troops, like SEALs, as they provide air support coordination. They're often on the ground picking targets in America's bombing campaigns and likely played a key role in the Libyan revolution.

They hold a lot of the most high-speed special operations certifications:

• Combat Control Orientation Course, Lackland AFB, Texas.
• Combat Control Operator Course, Keesler AFB, Miss.
• U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Ga.
• U.S. Air Force Basic Survival School, Fairchild AFB, Wash.
• Combat Control School, Pope AFB, N.C.
• Special Tactics Advanced Skills Training, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
• U.S. Army Military Freefall Parachutist School, Fort Bragg, N.C., and Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz.
• U. S. Air Force Combat Divers School, Panama City, Fla.