28th ECAB Soldiers Ruck with Wounded Veteran
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Leaders across the Army strive to motivate their Soldiers to be the best they can be. They work tirelessly and attend multiple schools learning how to mold their Soldiers to successfully complete missions and work as a team. Staff Sgt. Jessica Raven, with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade’s airfield management detachment, does that by teaching her Soldiers to respect and appreciate the work they do. She had an opportunity to show her Soldiers a deeper meaning for their service by participating in a memorial ruck march here with wounded combat veteran Earl Granville June...
Learn MoreAH-64 AIT Repairers, Masters of the Airframe
U.S. Army Advanced Individual Training students assigned to the 222nd Aviation Regiment, 1st Aviation Battalion, 128th Aviation Brigade participate in hands-on training during the AH-64 Armament/Electrical/Avionic Systems Repairer course at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, June 10, 2019. Upon completion of the course, Soldiers should be proficient in data management systems, electrical power management systems, communication equipment, navigation equipment, utility systems, fire control radar systems and weapons systems specific to the AH-64. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monica Roybal)
Learn MoreMulti-National Flight
An Italian Army NH-90 helicopter, assigned to the Italian Armobile Task Group, flies alongside an American UH-60 during a multi-national flight movement near Erbil, Iraq, May 31, 2019. The primary missions of the Armobile Task Group are, to transport personnel and equipment of the Coalition throughout Northern Iraq. The Coalition remains united and determined in its mission to degrade and defeat Daesh, and continue to work with allies and partners to implement stabilization. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kahlil Dash)
Learn MoreFinal Flight for Retiring Technician
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Maj. Joseph Marino sits with his wife Brenda, Latham, N.Y., May 29, 2019 after returning from a final flight in a UH-72 light utility helicopter. Marino, a federal technician maintenance supervisor, was honored with a final flight because he was retiring after 33 years of service at the New York Army National Guard’s Latham flight facility.(New York Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Andrew Valenza)
Learn MoreSchool Field Trip with Multinational Service Members
A U.S. Army Soldier helps a student buckle into a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during a field trip at the Mihail Kogalniceanu International Airport, Romania, May 30, 2019. The event hosted by US, Italian and Romanian Armed Forces gave the children a chance to see and interact with real military aircraft, vehicles and equipment and was also a good opportunity for military personnel to meet the locals. The multinational presence at this event is a strong assurance of cooperation with international militaries and communities. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Laurie Ellen Schubert, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Learn More28th ECAB Soldier Earns Foreign Award
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – U.S. Army Sgt. Hope Snyder, a human resources specialist with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, was awarded the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge, June 2, 2019, during a ceremony at the U.S. Army Reserve Center here. Photo By Capt. Travis Mueller | U.S. Army Sgt. Hope Snyder, human resources specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, receives the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge during a ceremony at the U.S. Army Reserve Center here. In order to receive the badge, a service member must pass a series of tests including an 11×10...
Learn MoreOklahoma Guardsmen Take Flight in Aircraft Recovery Training
TULSA, Okla.–It’s a quiet and cloudy day in Tulsa, Oklahoma. An abundance of dark clouds hang low in the sky, but no rain is forecasted. The breeze is cooler than you would expect for a day in May. In the distance, a small dot slowly approaches. As it gets closer, you begin to hear the faint chopping of fan blades. When the CH-47 Chinook helicopter arrives overhead, you can feel the beat of the whirling propellers in your chest. Tiny particles that have been washed onto the flight line by last week’s storms shoot into the sky. The Soldiers of...
Learn MoreFormer Commanders Rejoin 28th ECAB
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Seven former commanders of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade joined current commander, Col. Howard Lloyd, and 28th ECAB Soldiers during their 60th annual Aviation Ball at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey, April 27, 2019. Photo By Travis Mueller | Former commanders of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, from left, retired Maj. Gen Walter Stewart, retired Maj. Gen. Jessica Wright, retired Col. John Stavovy, retired Col. Dan Berkebile, retired Col. Christopher Latchford, Brig. Gen. David Wood and retired Col. Dennis Sorensen pose for a photo with current commander, Col. Howard Lloyd, right, at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey during...
Learn More173rd IBCT (A) Utilizes Army Ground Mobility Vehicle During Immediate Response
An Army Ground Mobility Vehicle (AGMV) is lowered to the ground by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during exercise Immediate Response 19 at Military Training Area Eugen Kvaternik, Croatia, May 18, 2019. This is the first operational use of the new vehicle, designed to be more agile and mobile than other types of vehicles commonly used by the U.S. Military. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Laurie Ellen Schubert, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Learn More2019 Arizona National Guard Best Warrior Competition
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Anderson with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment strides up an incline toward the half-way-point of the 14-mile ruck march event during the Arizona National Guard Best Warrior Competition 2019 at Camp Navajo in Bellemont, Ariz. on April 16. BWC participants must demonstrate their skills in a variety of essential soldier tasks required of more than 8,000 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen to ensure force readiness as they continue to support our nation with more than 12,000 individual deployments to overseas contingency operations since Sept. 11, 2001 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Hoppe, Released).
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