2020 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...
Learn MoreSpecial 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)
Learn MoreCCDC AvMC Reorganization
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...
Learn MoreUSASOAC Civilian of the Year
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)
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