2nd Lt. Brilee Vargason, a Mount Pleasant, Iowa, native and platoon leader assigned to Troop A, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Iowa Army National Guard, inflates a balloon during an air drop and sling load exercise as part of a U.S. Pathfinder course at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on Sept. 8, 2022. The balloon was released to help determine wind drift and other necessary data. Nearly 30 Soldiers graduated the course, which was taught by a mobile training team at the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center in Fort Benning, Georgia. Army Pathfinders are trained to provide navigational aid and advisory services to military aircraft in areas designated by supported unit commanders. During the Pathfinder course, students are instructed in aircraft orientation, aero-medical evacuation, close combat assault, ground to air communication procedures, control center operations, all three phases of a sling load operation, helicopter landing zone and pick up zone operations, and drop zone operations dealing with U.S. military fixed and rotary wing aircraft for personnel and equipment. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Tawny Kruse)
| Date Taken: | 09.07.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 09.12.2022 21:09 |
| Photo ID: | 7413387 |
| VIRIN: | 220907-Z-KS612-011 |
| Resolution: | 5104x3228 |
| Size: | 7.19 MB |
| Location: | JOHNSTON, IOWA, US |
| Hometown: | MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA, US |
| Web Views: | 27 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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