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Synchronizing Efforts By SGM G. Mike Dove
DAMO-AV / By SGM G. Mike Dove: Greetings from the Aviation Directorate at the Pentagon. As one of the newest members of the team here at Department of the Army, Military Operations – Aviation (HQDA G-3/5/7, DAMO-AV), I am extremely honored and humbled to be a part of this team of Warrior Leaders. ø On Veteran’s Day, November 11th, 2016, SGT Alex A. Caudle, a CH-47F crew chief assigned to Bravo Company, 5-159th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) of the Virginia Reserves, relaxes after a long mission in vicinity of Kandahar with his weapon in hand, scanning out of the...
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DAMO-AV / By CW5 Terry L. Horner: As I take the reins as the Army’s Aviation Directorate Standardization Officer, I am humbled to serve in a position that influences and solves complex challenges across the Aviation Enterprise. A UH-60 Black Hawk of the New York Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation airlifts one of a dozen 105 mm howitzers to the 10th Mountain Division’s Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment during an exercise at Fort Drum, NY on May 4, 2017. / U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY MSG RAYMOND DRUMSTA, 42ND INFANTRY DIVISION I am eager...
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Director of Army Aviation / By BG(P) Frank W. Tate: I am excited to assume the responsibilities as the new Director of the Department of the Army, Military Operations – Aviation Directorate (HQDA G-3/5/7, DAMO-AV). A U.S. Army AH-64E Apache helicopter crew chief assigned to Task Force Tigershark, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division directs pilots during departure for a mission in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, June 12, 2017./ U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY CPT BRIAN HARRIS As one of only two branch specific offices within the Army Headquarters, I am humbled by this opportunity...
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From the Field / By LTC David L. Magness: With the last ember of daylight on a cool Canadian spring night, American infantrymen lay prone in their fighting positions. Mosquitos had come out in earnest during the almost two hour long sunset, and the ground was soaked by three days of rain. Soldiers manning their posts strain to see or hear any sign of the enemy. The buzzing of insects is soon replaced by the distant but all too familiar whoop of CH-146 Griffon helicopters. Sun sets at Airfield 21, Wainright, Canada, as C/1-169th MEDEVAC conducts live hoist operations while...
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Family Forum / By Judy Konitzer: It was an exciting time to be in Nashville attending the 2017 AAAA Summit! For those who were not able to participate, I would like to share what I learned about two wonderful not-for profit organizations who were exhibiting there (gratis AAAA). Retired Marine Sergeant Adam Kisielewski and his family posed for a photo in their specially adapted home in Lillington, North Carolina, while Homes for Our Troops was producing a video about “Rebuilding Lives” to be released in June 2017. / PHOTO BY HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS I was impressed with both because...
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