2019 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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U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Charles E. Fisher a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 150th Aviation Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, performs a final check to a Black Hawk during maintenance at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2019. (New Jersey Army National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)
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1st Lt. Will Morgan, Bravo Company, 2-228th Theater Fixed Wing Battalion, U.S Army Reserve Aviation Command, U.S. Army Reserve Command conducts training operations over Arizona and Nevada during Operation Red Flag, May 14, 2019. (US Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Felix R. Fimbres)
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Florida National Guard air traffic controllers from the 2nd Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment (Airfield Operations Battalion), from Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida, take over an airfield in a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle, March 8, 2019, Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport in Fernandina Beach, Florida. This was part of a training operation that occurred from March 5-10, 2019. / Photo: PFC Arcadia Jackson
Learn MoreAviation, Missile Center Employee Awarded First Patent of the Year
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. / March 12, 2019 – Dr. Mark Robeson, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center, was part of a team issued the first patent of the year for the center in early February. Dr. Mark Robeson Patent number 10,199,745 was issued for an omnidirectional antenna system, resulting from the Integral Driveshaft Cover Antenna, a CCDC Aviation & Missile Center/ Boeing technology development project. The government is continuously seeking improvements in technologies utilizing different technology transfer mechanisms, according to Cindy Wallace, CCDC Aviation & Missile Center deputy chief of research and technology applications. “In this case,...
Learn More25th Combat Aviation Brigade Flies Over Oahu
The 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division flies 19 AH-64 Apache helicopters in an organized formation around Oahu, May 1, 2019. 25th ID’s 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment is flying to commemorate the 158th anniversary of the the regiment’s activation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ryan Jenkins)
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Soldiers and military working dogs with 95th Military Working Dog Detachment, 42nd Military Police Brigade, depart from a Blackhawk helicopter during aviation training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Military working dogs need to be comfortable with aircraft operations since they could go on a variety of missions during an overseas deployment. Photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Ross.
Learn More1-228th Avn Regt. Trains with El Salvador Special Forces
Joint Task Force Bravo’s 1-228th Aviation Regiment works with the 7th Special Forces Group to train Salvadoran Special Forces members in paradrop operations, helocast and fast rope insertion extraction system training in Ilopango, El Salvador, March 4-7, 2019. The training also provided an opportunity for U.S. Special Forces and aircrews to gain experience on the tasks and work in a joint environment with the host nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Destinee Sweeney)
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By Sgt. Patrick Jubrey, PAO NCOIC, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Photo By Sgt. Patrick Jubrey, 1cab, 1id, 2-1 gsab, big red one, atlantic resolve, strong europe, dynamic raid Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany – Soldiers from 2-1 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division ‘Fighting Eagles’ took part in a training exercise called Dynamic Raid alongside the 2nd Calvary Regiment ‘Dragoons’ on 11 March 2019 thru 13 March 2019. The purpose of this training exercise was to support a ground unit conducting a M777 gun raid. The Fighting Eagles displayed their heavy lift capabilities...
Learn MoreAviation, Missile Center Executive Director Addresses Workforce in Town Hall
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Feb. 13, 2019) – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center held a town hall at the Bob Jones Auditorium at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., Feb. 5 to update the workforce on recent changes. Dr. Juanita M. Christensen, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center executive director, addresses the workforce during a town hall held at the Bob Jones Auditorium on Redstone Arsenal, Ala., Feb. 5./ Photo by Joseph Mendiola Dr. Juanita M. Christensen, CCDC Aviation & Missile Center executive director, opened the assembly by complimenting the workforce and presenting awards...
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