Special Forces Conducting Fast Rope Training
Two Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) slide down ropes simultaneously from opposing sides of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES) training. Utilizing FRIES is an efficient way to quickly deploy Soldiers to an area where a helicopter many not easily be able to land. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Moeller, 5th SFG(A) Public Affairs)
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Sometimes less is more. The mission, size and funding of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center are not changing, but to ensure it is best postured to meet the emerging requirements of Army modernization and maximize readiness, it is reorganizing from five directorates to three. CCDC AvMC Executive Director Dr. Juanita M. Christensen met with members of her workforce Jan. 13 and 14 to explain the path forward for the realignment that was announced in December. The change will allow the center to become more integrated, effective and efficient, Christensen said. Photo By Julie Williams...
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Frederick L. Williams, engineer deputy director, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, receives the Civilian Service Commendation Medal from Brig. Gen. Allan Pepin, commanding general, USASOAC, during an award presentation Jan. 6, 2020, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Williams received the award after being named the USASOAC 2019 Civilian of the Year for civilian employees in the GS-12 and below category. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Larry B. Barnhill)
Learn MoreSC Guard Aquatic Training
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers and South Carolina Task Force 1 (SC-TF1) Urban Search & Rescue firefighters with the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Team (SC-HART) program participate in a quarterly training event at the South Carolina Fire Academy (SCFA), Dec. 11-12, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. The event focused on currency training, skills development/refresh drills, and aircrew-rescue team integration on LUH-72 Lakota and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Aircrews and rescue teams practiced survivor extraction from open spaces, rooftops (flat and high angle), windows, and rubble pile/confined areas, both in daylight and night conditions. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff...
Learn MoreWinter Medicac Training in Alaska
Alaska Army Guardsmen from Detachment 2, Golf Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 104th Regiment, rehearse medical evacuation procedures with U.S. Army Alaska paratroopers from 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, during a medical evacuation and hoist familiarization training via an AKARNG UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, at Landing Zone Ranger on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 20, 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)
Learn MoreReenlistment in Flight
Staff Sgt. Kevin Shears, a Tactical Air Control Party specialist and instructor with the 137th Special Operations Wing Mission Support Team, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, reenlists in flight on an Oklahoma Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter, during a 185th Special Operations Squadron training mission at John W. Nichols Scout Ranch in Oklahoma City, Aug. 3, 2019. Shears used this opportunity to show his children a small portion of what he does in the Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan Martin)
Learn More34th ECAB Honors Their Fallen
Soldiers of the 34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade stand to honor the three battlefield crosses of Chief Warrant Officer 2 James A. Rogers Jr., Chief Warrant Officer 2 Charles P. Nord and Sgt. Kort M. Plantenberg, members of Charlie Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, that were proudly displayed during the memorial ceremony at the North Fort Hood Chapel on Dec. 8, 2019. As fellow aviators in the Minnesota National Guard, 2-147th Assault Helicopter Battalion hosted the ceremony for the flight crew who tragically died in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash on Dec. 5, 2019. / Photo: Sgt. Sydney...
Learn MoreCongressional Support Legislative Lift
Rep. Gilbert Cisneros, of California’s 39th Congressional District, left, talks with U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Rob Wilson, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the California Army National Guard, while riding in a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a legislative lift over Southern California and parts of representative’s district, May 3, 2019, as part of a visit to Los Alamitos Army Airfield and Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. Cisneros is a Navy veteran and first-term representative who serves on the House Committee on Armed Services. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Crystal Housman)
Learn MoreUS Army Aviation and Petroleum Support to Saudi Arabia Oil Fields
By Spc. Dakota Vanidestine: Responding under pressure is something that every Soldier is trained to do – regardless of their military occupational specialty. Two Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) occupational command post applied that training and responded to a mission in Saudi Arabia within 24 hours – receiving the news on Nov. 26 and arriving on Nov. 27, 2019. Staff Sgt. Nathan Ponausuia, left, petroleum supply specialist, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, and Staff Sgt. Fatima Strong, petroleum lab specialist, 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, prepare to depart on a UH-60 helicopter at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait / Photo: Spc....
Learn More12th CAB in Support of Joint European Exercise
12th CAB flexed its horsepower in all weather conditions during Dragoon Ready 20. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Robert Fellingham)
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