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Train to Maintain: Implementing TC 3-04.71
By MAJ Brandon A. Shah, CPT Justin Hall and 1LT(P) Nicholas Ortiz: In the past year, the Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization (DES) and the Directorate of Training and Doctrine expressed concern over the pace of TC 3-04.71 (.71) Aviation Maintenance Training Program (AMTP) implementation in Army Aviation. These agencies sought feedback from the force as USAACE amends its approach to maintainer developmental doctrine. The enterprise is learning that .71 AMTP implementation is no easy task for reasons that include “it’s too difficult,” “it needs to be a top-down program,” or “there is not wide-spread standardization and support.” Company Implementation...
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Ask the Flight Surgeon / By Lauren Gould and MAJ Joseph Pavelites: Question: I have been checking my blood pressure at home and it is starting to creep up. How does high blood pressure affect my flight career and what should I do about it? FS: Causes & Background Many people think that combat is the most life threatening event for Soldiers, when actually more Soldiers may die off the battlefield fighting a common enemy./ PATRICIA DEAL, ARMY.MIL Blood pressure is measured in units of millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and is recorded using two numbers, as in “120 over 80”...
Learn MoreSenior Warrant Officer Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Army
By CW5 Yolondria S. Dixon-Carter: It is an honor to serve as the Senior Warrant Officer Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Army. I am humbled and excited to experience new initiatives, training, education, and growth alongside the greatest Warrant Officers of our Nation, and I am extremely proud of the work of our Army Aviation Warrant Officers. CW5 Dixon-Carter joining the fight against the COVID-19 virus at the Pentagon, April 17, 2020./ SWOA2CSA FACEBOOK PHOTO You proved you are more than highly specialized technical experts. You are combat leaders, trainers and advisors across all three components: Active,...
Learn MoreAH-64D Mobile Training Team (MTT) – Army Aviation Enterprise Success!
Reserve Component / By BG J. Ray Davis: In early 2019 the Army National Guard (ARNG) and the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) agreed on the need for a stop gap measure, which would increase Army AH-64D aircraft qualification throughput. 2LT Hart and WO1 Searcy, 1-211 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, Utah Army National Guard wait for their first live-fire gunnery at Lakeside Range, Utah. 2LT Hart is a graduate of the ARNG AH-64D MTT. / U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY CW2 FRED BITTNER, UTAH ARNG The result was the ARNG stepping forward and establishing an MTT. The...
Learn MoreArmy Aviators Demonstrate Inherent Flexibility During COVID
Director of Army Aviation / By BG Michael C. (Mac) McCurry:The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge around the world, and for all Americans. The military and its Servicemembers have borne a proportionate share of that burden while demonstrating a firm resolve to prevail. As the coronavirus spread across the country, one of the Army’s primary tasks became protecting the force so we could protect the Nation. Staying home when possible and practicing social distancing became our best line of defense against further spreading the disease, and our surest way to keep ourselves and loved ones healthy. For many Servicemembers,...
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