Situational Awareness – It’s All Good, Right?
AMRDEC Tech Talk —By Mr. Robert R. Copeland and Mr. Anthony J. Mance After decades of research and attempts to define the psychological phenomenon known as “situational awareness” (SA), there still appears to be much confusion as to what it is, what it means, and how SA applies to Army Aviation. First, SA is not a thing; it is a psychological process. It is not an end-state; it is an iterative process of perception, understanding, and decision-making. There are numerous developers who proclaim the benefits of their particular device and espouse that their “tool” is better because it’s used for situational awareness. So,...
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WIA Announces Pioneer Hall of Fame Inductees for 2014 Women in Aviation, International has selected the 2014 inductees into its International Pioneer Hall of Fame. These women will be honored at WAI’s 25th Annual International Conference which will be held on March 6-8, 2014, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL (near Orlando). The ceremony will take place at the closing banquet on Saturday, March 8, 2014. “We honor these women so that their names and accomplishments are never forgotten,’ says WAI President Dr. Peggy Chabrian.”These are women who didn’t just break down barriers; they opened the...
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Ask the Flight Surgeon —By Dr. (LTC) Joseph Puskar Q: I’m a 44 year-old pilot, and have been taking Nexium 20 mg daily for heartburn and reflux. The medicine seemed to help a lot at first, but I still get heartburn mostly at night. What else can I do to help with the heartburn? FS: Your symptoms of gastro-esophageal reflux disorder, or GERD, are very common in men your age. The prevalence of reflux symptoms such as heartburn and regurgitation of gastric contents into the esophagus and throat seems to be increasing throughout the western world. It is more common with...
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Army Aviation Spotlight On Oct 4, 2012, 7 year old Richard Culliver from Lexington, SC was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor which greatly impacts his motor skills. Recently, the tumor is apparently shrinking and he is beginning to regain some of his mobility and speech. He has always dreamed of being a Soldier and the men and women of the South Carolina National Guard were determined to make his dream a reality. Richard Culliver from Lexington, SC, sits in the cockpit of a U.S. Army LUH-72 with CW4 Steven M. Salinas, 2nd Bn. (Security & Support), 151st Avn....
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128th Aviation Brigade Update —By Ms. Allie Eschenbach I have asked Allie Eschenbach from our Learning Technology Division to lay out a breakdown of the currently available training on the Joint Technical Data Integration website, what additional training is scheduled to be included, and what the future holds as the JTDI becomes the Consolidated Aviation Portal and Storage. COL Rigole, Commander If you have finished your formal maintenance resident training at the 128th Aviation Brigade and would like to review the training products or need training material to conduct refresher training for your Soldiers, we have support for you. We want...
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U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center —By BG Timothy J. Edens With the new year comes an opportunity for fresh perspective. It gives us a chance to reflect and start anew with a clean slate, with plenty of hope for a better year than the last. This opportunity also offers leaders at all levels a chance to reinvigorate their safety programs, especially as Soldiers are more likely to be refreshed and refocused after coming off extended leave. Perspective has proven powerful. In conflicts throughout time, war has taken such a dramatic human toll that accidental losses were seen as one of the unfortunate...
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Branch Command Sergeant Major —By CSM James H. Thomson Jr. This month I will highlight the 110th Aviation Brigade stationed at Fort Rucker, Alabama and one that all Army aviators are familiar with as the brigade primarily conducts all rotary flight training. The brigade traces its lineage back to the 10th Aviation Group that was activated in June 1965 at Ft. Benning, Georgia to support the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) developing emerging techniques, tactics and procedures for rotary wing aircraft use in combat in Southeast Asia. After the 11th Division was inactivated, the 10th Avn. Gp. remained at Ft. Benning...
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Chief Warrant Officer of the Branch — By CW5 Allen R. Godfrey There are 57 different Warrant Officer Military Operational Specialties (MOS) representing 13 Army Branches. There are aviation centric MOS technicians and non-aviation MOS technicians; however, they are all technical and each requires a specific level of technical expertise. In a typical combat aviation brigade, there are approximately 300 warrant officer positions. As expected, the majority are aviator specific MOS. Not as well known and understood are the approximately 50 non-aviator technician warrant officers representing 17 MOSs and 10 branches. Each technician warrant officer brings a unique skill to the function...
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From the Aviation Branch Chief -MG Kevin W. Mangum Many of you have likely heard some of the alternatives being considered for both the composition and disposition of our Branch in the years to come. There are many tough choices pending decision as the Army Aviation Enterprise diligently works to field the very best, most capable capability we can afford. U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct a training jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter into the Bunker Drop Zone at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area in Bavaria, Germany, Nov....
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SPECIAL FOCUS Aviation Mission Survivability Preserving Aviation Combat Power By CW5 Michael S. Kelley Historical Perspective – Employment of aviation capability provides tremendous impact to the balance of forces on any battlefield as evidenced when balloons were introduced for observation and adjusting field artillery fires. The introduction of manned aircraft changed warfare and ever since, man has been designing methods of destroying the opponent’s aviation force. From installing machine guns on aircraft for direct action to the introduction of man-portable surface to air missiles during Vietnam, the methods used to target aircraft continue to advance. Addressing this threat during the...
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