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Army Aviation Sustainment Enterprise
AMCOM Commander Update / By MG K. Todd Royar: I want to start by saying that I am honored and humbled to have returned to the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM). An aircrew with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard at Madison operates a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Fort McCoy, WI March 11, 2019. / U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SCOTT T. STURKOL, PAO, FT. MCCOY, WI Having just come from one of our great Divisions, I understand the importance of both the readiness of our current fleet and the criticality of getting...
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Family Forum / By Judy Konitzer: Communicating with your children in a positive way is an agreed upon premise and one that can be further explored without this forum “preaching to the choir.” “Parenting” (quoted from John Rosemond in our Augusta Chronicle Newspaper), means “going to great lengths to ensure their child does not experience frustration, hardships, defeat, failure, insult, rejection, unhappiness or anything else that goes along with living an authentic life. It is a vain attempt to emancipate a child and as a result, parents could be inadvertently holding their child back from becoming a rational, responsible, emotionally-resilient,...
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Aviation Survivability / By CW5 James O. VanMeter: As the Army prepares for the possibility of a Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) against a peer/near-peer adversary, the mission of Army Aviation is evolving to meet the needs of the War-fighter. This evolution in training and readiness will provide increased aircrew survivability and maneuver force flexibility. To enable this training program the Aviation Mission Survivability Officer (AMSO) track has undergone a total restructure. At every command level in a combat aviation brigade (CAB) the AMSO plays a vital role in preparing aircrews for the tactical missions within a complex, contested battlespace....
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Ask the Flight Surgeon / By: CPT(P) Jessica Warneke, D.O.: Q: Hey Doc, I am supposed to have some dental work done tomorrow morning including having a tooth pulled. I’m good to fly that afternoon, right? Photo: army.mil FS: Unfortunately, the answer to this often-asked question is most likely “no.” Usually, a simple dental cleaning without medications or injections will not keep you from performing flight duties. However, more involved dental procedures like fixing a crown, or having cavities filled, usually requires the use of local anesthetic injections or prescription medications. Complex procedures, like extracting teeth or having a root...
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Reserve Components / By BG Jami C. Shawley, COL Andrew D. Cecil, CW5 Michael G. Siedler, and CSM Juddiah G. Mooso: Readiness is Number One. There is no other Number One. A key driver of readiness in Army Reserve Aviation is Non-Rated Crewmembers (NRCM). SFC Mark Judd (second from right), an aircraft components repair supervisor and platoon sergeant with D Co, 8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, 244th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, poses for a photo with the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew who flew the aircraft for his in-flight reenlistment ceremony near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, June 18, 2019. / U.S....
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