1st CAB and Operations in the COVID-19 Environment
Fort Riley, KS – When the nation faces a global scale pandemic, preventing the spread of a virus and protecting the health of citizens becomes a top priority. The 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division is no different, yet like the rest of America’s armed forces, the Brigade must remain ready to ensure the defense of the United States of America. 1ID Aviators Prevent, Protect and Preserve / Photo By Sgt. Patrick Jubrey As American citizens are practicing social distancing and preventative health measures, the Combat Aviation Brigade finds new ways to fly and train while adhering to these...
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FORT EUSTIS, Va. (April 15, 2020) – A team from Boeing, GE Aviation and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center completed another successful ground test in late March, furthering the demonstration of higher-power T408-GE-400 engines on an H-47 Chinook. A team from Boeing, GE Aviation and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center is celebrating another successful ground test in late March furthering the demonstration of higher-power T408-GE-400 engines on an H-47 Chinook. Courtesy photo On March 26 the team successfully progressed to dual-engine flight idle and opened the full rotor...
Learn MoreNJ Guard Pre-flight
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Larissa Fluegel goes over pre-flight procedures at the Army Aviation Support Facility on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 5, 2020. Fluegel is a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the New Jersey National Guard’s 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion. / U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht
Learn MoreSTEM at Redstone
From her father’s viewpoint, there were four careers open to females: housewife, nurse, teacher or secretary. She had no aspirations for teaching and didn’t want to get married right away. Not interested in the blood and grittiness of nursing, that left her only one choice, but she opted to aim high, aspiring to be an executive secretary. If not for her high school counselor, who saw a strength in math and science and encouraged her to consider engineering, Dr. Juanita M. Christensen may not be where she is today – the equivalent of a two-star general and the U.S. Army Combat...
Learn MoreArctic Exercise
JOINT BASE ELEMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Staring out the window of an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a endless sheet of ice, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Maddox finds himself in unfamiliar territory, over the frozen Beaufort Sea, 3,000 miles north of his hometown of Baker City, Oregon. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Maddox assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, looks out of the window on a CH-47 Chinook on Feb. 25, 2020, near Deadhorse, Alaska. The Alaska National Guard is hosting Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, a joint-training exercise, Feb. 20 to March 6, 2020, throughout Alaska, including...
Learn MorePANG Can Pay for Your Family’s College Education!
By CW4 Teresa R. Watkins: Pennsylvania is one of the largest National Guard states in the United States of America. Our organization is proud to announce, the first-in-nation Military Family Education Program (MFEP). The PANG is all about family, and we want to acknowledge our families’ service and sacrifice. The spouses and children make many sacrifices to support their loved ones in uniform. Many times it is during a lengthy deployment, sometimes it is drill weekend, other times it is a last minute call to support a natural disaster or emergency; regardless of the call of duty, our servicemen and...
Learn More2020 OCS Reunion and Hall of Fame Inductions
Officer Candidate Schools Annual Reunion May 2-4, 2020. The United States Army Officer Candidate Schools Alumni Association has announced the 2020 Annual Reunion, Hall of Fame Inductions, Heritage Center and Memorial Walk Dedications, Mini-Reunions, presentations of the Nett and Patterson Awards, BBQ with the OCS Candidates and Program Updates, National Infantry Museum and Fort Benning Activities, and Board of Directors elections. Registration is now open. Please refer to https://ocsalumni.org/ for the schedule of events, administrative details, points of contact, and updates. For further information please contact Dan Johnson, 402-981-1072, or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need...
Learn MoreAviation Brigade Paramedics at Hohenfels Provide Support
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Macia McNeill, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and a litter team from 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division carry a patient to the waiting HH-60M MEDEVAC Blackhawk helicopter during Combined Resolve XIII, Feb. 1, 2020, at Hohenfels Training Area. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Garrick W. Morgenweck)
Learn More28th ECAB to Deploy
By Capt. Travis Mueller / FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PA: U.S. Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade received a mobilization order and are scheduled to deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in 2020. The deployment was planned and is part of a regular rotation of U.S. forces to the region. The 28th ECAB will assist U.S. CENTCOM’s mission of increasing regional security and stability in support of U.S. interests. More information will be published as their mobilization grows nearer, including highlights of their pre-mobilization training. Photo By Capt. Travis Mueller | U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company,...
Learn More82nd Airborne Live Fire
By Pfc. Joshua Cowden: The hum of a distant aircraft enveloped the wooded training area as 30 mm rounds rattled through the crisp night air. An Apache zings through the night sky as it returns for another pass down the live fire qualification lane at the installation’s newly acquired aerial gunnery range on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 27, 2020. Photo By Pfc. Joshua Cowden | A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow prepares to engage targets during an aerial gunnery range exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Jan. 27, 2020. The 1,100-acre range has over 460 targets controlled by a team...
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