SC 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)
Learn More101st ABN Flyover for Local NFL Game
Sgt Vincent Loranty and Staff Sgt. Christopher Jung of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), wave hello to the CAB’s aircraft formation after flying over the National Football League’s Military Appreciation Game, Nashville, Tn., Nov. 10. The 101st CAB made their appearance at the NFL’s Tennessee Titans vs. Kansa City Chiefs Game for Veterans Day Weekend. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Beverly Roche, 40th Public Affairs Detachment)
Learn MoreChaplaincy Support to AMCOM
By Amy Tolson: When a co-worker dies, a serious illness strikes or suicidal thoughts occur, they can provide listening ears, be sounding boards or people to pray with. U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center employees seeking spiritual care can do so within their own center thanks to the Chaplain Care Team. Designed to be a force multiplier for the CCDC chaplain section, the CCDC AvMC team is the first to go operational within the command. CCDC Command Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David Snyder and his aide paid a visit to AvMC Nov. 12 to conduct training for the...
Learn MoreCH-47 Howitzer Sling Load
Sgt. Kameron Hill, a cannon crewmember with 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, shields his eyes from dust while his crew’s howitzer lands during a two-gun raid air assault exercise October 10, 2019 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The Soldiers flew from Dillingham Air Field and rapidly emplaced their firing positions back at their home station range. The coordinated exercise, alongside the 25th Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade, was the first live fire air assault of M777 Howitzers ever conducted on the island of Oahu and shows the Army’s ability to rapidly project...
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