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Nowhere to Go For the Army Unmanned Aircraft System Operator
Reserve Component Aviation / By CW2 Jonathan Olson: Winning matters, and people are my number one priority… We win through our people, and people will drive success in our readiness, modernization and reform priorities. We must take care of our people…” – General James McConville, 40th Army Chief of Staff It’s easy to see the evolution of military forces across the timeline of technological advancement. A conversation often sidelined by technology is the human element, the training, the chess match of keeping talent within an organization. SGT Mills, SGT Soule and PFC Brandsoy, unmanned aircraft crewmembers in Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 173rd...
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PEO Aviation Update / By Mr. Patrick H. Mason: It is an absolute honor and privilege to serve as your Program Executive Officer for Army Aviation. Our sincere gratitude to MG Thomas and Tracy Todd for their tremendous leadership of the PEO over the last three years. Aviators from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, conduct final pre-mission checks for a night air assault mission during operational tests of the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter. The UH–60V updates the UH-60L analog architecture with a new digital, glass cockpit to replace the current analog dial instrumentation. The upgrades improve the enduring aviation fleet’s interoperability...
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Branch Chief / By MG David J. Francis: Success no longer goes to the country that develops a new fighting technology first, but rather to the one that better integrates it and adapts its way of fighting… – The National Defense Strategy (2018) Helicopters of the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, stage on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Oct. 17, 2019 before deploying to more than 17 countries in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve./ U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY VISUAL INFORMATION SPECIALIST HENRI CAMBIER Once again we are at a defining moment for Army Aviation as we move ever closer...
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President’s Cockpit / MG Jeff Schloesser, U.S. Army Retired: U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence commander and Aviation Branch Chief, MG Dave Francis hosted a superb Army Aviation Senior Leaders Forum at Fort Rucker, AL a few weeks ago. MG Jeff Schloesser, U.S. Army Retired34th President, AAAAThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Brigade command teams attending the Aviation Senior Leaders Forum at Fort Rucker gather in the Museum at the start of the annual Awards Dinner January 29, 2020 featuring AAAA Functional Awards and LTG Ellis D Parker Awards./ AAPI PHOTO...
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Family Forum / By Judy Konitzer: When I first started writing this column in 2006, I contacted Military One Source (MOS), a newly acquired DoD sponsored program, to see if it really offered what it promised. I was impressed when I talked at length to a live agent at 11 o’clock at night, and subsequently felt it worthwhile to publish their call line and website. Years later, on New Year’s Eve morning, I called the Help Line 1-800-342-9647 and still found no busy signal, prompts, or long waits, and had a discussion with a very informative and friendly agent. I...
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