Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Lewandowski (center), Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (U.S. Army Pathfinder School), Fort Benning, Ga., gives final jump instructions as soldiers prepare to jump from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, during the parachute phase of the Mobile Pathfinder Course at Malamute Drop Zone, May 23, 2013. The soldiers conducted parachute drops with aviation support from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, in week two of the three-week course. Conducted by cadre from the U.S. Army Pathfinder School, students are instructed in air traffic control, medical evacuation operations, sling load operations, helicopter landing zones, air assault planning, pathfinder employment, and drop zone operations. Those soldiers who complete the course will earn the coveted Pathfinder Badge.
Date Taken: | 05.23.2013 |
Date Posted: | 05.28.2013 16:57 |
Photo ID: | 941572 |
VIRIN: | 130523-F-QT695-015 |
Resolution: | 3888x2592 |
Size: | 6.06 MB |
Location: | JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US |
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