Nevada Signal Battalion Welcome Home Ceremony Serves as Backdrop for Bill Signing
By Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs STEAD, Nev. – The Nevada Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility doubled as office space for Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval here April 9 during a ceremony for two 422nd Signal Battalion units. The governor enacted a pro-Nevada Guard bill into law at the conclusion of the Welcome Home Ceremony for about 180 Nevada Army Guard signal Soldiers by signing Assembly Bill 2 in front of the formation that marked the conclusion of foreign deployments for the 422nd Signal Battalion’s Horn of Africa Task Force and Bravo Company. Assembly Bill 2...
Learn MoreTwo Wyoming Army Guardsmen Given Rescue Award
May 5, 2017Photo by Sgt. 1st Class James McGuire Wyoming Army National Guard soldiers Staff Sgt. Derrick Perkins, a medic, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Herget, a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot, both assigned to G Company, 2-211th Aviation Regiment (formerly C Company, “Charlie Med” 5-159th) receive the DUSTOFF Association’s Rescue of the Year award for their heroic effort that saved the lives of five critically wounded soldiers during a MEDEVAC mission in Afghanistan in 2015. Gov. Matt Mead and Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner, Wyoming adjutant general and DUSTOFF board member Col. (ret.) Henry “Hank” Tuell, one of the Medical...
Learn MoreDirector of Army Aviation Visits 10th CAB at Lielvarde Air Base
May 12, 2017Photos by Staff Sgt. Charlene Moler Maj. Gen. Erik C. Peterson, the Director of Army Aviation visits with Soldiers from 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, out of Fort Drum, N.Y., to see what U.S. Soldiers and units are doing in their part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, May 12. Peterson was given a tour of the operations tower at Lielvārde Air Base, he then met with some Soldiers to talk with them about how they thought the mission was going. The 10th CAB is prepared to lead and provide aviation support to regional...
Learn MoreLloyd Takes Command of 28th CAB
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Howard Lloyd, incoming commander for the 28th Combat Aviation Brigade holds the brigade colors during a change of command ceremony at Muir Army Airfield, April 23, 2017. Lloyd takes over for outgoing commander Col. Dennis Sorensen after serving as the brigade’s executive officer. This photo was originally found here.
Learn MorePa. Guard Army Aviation Brigade Gets New Commander
Fort Indiantown Gap, PA, United StatesStory by 1st Lt. Travis Mueller28th Combat Aviation Brigade FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 28th Combat Aviation Brigade held a change of command ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Muir Army Airfield here Sunday. A change of command ceremony is a centuries-old tradition that represents the formal transfer of responsibility from one commanding officer to another. Family, friends and fellow soldiers joined the 28th CAB in bidding farewell to outgoing commander Col. Dennis Sorensen and welcoming Lt. Col. Howard Lloyd as the new brigade commander. Brig. Gen. Andrew...
Learn MoreCasing the Colors
Camp Buehring, KuwaitPhoto by Staff Sgt. Isolda Reyes29th Combat Aviation Brigade Col. Ryan Pace and Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Mize case the 77th Combat Aviation Brigade Colors during their Transfer of Authority Ceremony on April 23. The TOA signals the transference of responsibility for theater aviation operations to the incoming 29th CAB at Camp Buehring, Kuwait (US. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Isolda Reyes, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, Public Affairs) These photos were originally found here.
Learn MoreKindergarten Class Visits Humphreys Airfield
Video by Sgt. Stephen Dornbos Check out this adorable video – what do you get when you take your essential topics of education and merge them with an aircraft? Humphreys Central Elementary students went on the perfect field trip to find out.
Learn More3-10 Combat Aviation Brigade at Riga International Airport
Check out this video of Soldiers assigned to 10th Combat Aviation Brigade Task Force Phoenix, led by 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., demonstrate the rapid deployment capability of the Black Hawk helicopter, Mar. 1, 2017. The 10th CAB is prepared to lead and provide aviation support to regional and global military forces at a moment’s notice which was demonstrated as they received, off-loaded, and readied for use the Black Hawk helicopters that arrived at at Riga International Airport on a United States Air Force C-5 aircraft from New York. Operation Atlantic...
Learn MoreSoldiers Compete During Simulated Combat Scenarios
Photo by Airman 1st Class Kaylee Dubois633rd Air Base Wing U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mathew Johnson, Charlie Company, 210th Aviation Regiment, 128th Aviation Brigade instructor earned the title of NCO of the Year and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brittany Barfield, Delta Co., 222nd Aviation Reg., 128th Avn. Bde. platoon sergeant earned the title of Advanced Individual Training Platoon Sergeant of the Year at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., March 9, 2017. Johnson and Barfield will represent the 128th Avn. Bde. during the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence’s competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kaylee Dubois)
Learn MoreSoldiers Train on Air Traffic Navigation System
Photo by Sgt. Courtney Smith FORT HOOD, Texas – Army National Guard Pfc. Dequerious Harvest, an air traffic controller with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, performs phase one training on an Air Traffic Navigation Integration and Coordination System here March 6, 2017. During the training hosted by 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, Soldiers learned how to set up and disassemble the ATNAVICS. Harvest said, “I enjoy advising other Soldiers on the system.” This photo was originally found here.
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