Photo By Sgt. Jonathan Thibault | Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Marschall, left, shops aviation maintenance technician,...... read more read more
FORT CARSON, Colo. - Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) officials traveled about 7,700 miles to tour 4th Combat Aviation Brigade’s aircraft at Butts Army Airfield on Fort Carson, learn about aviation maintenance and understand the CAB structure Sept. 23, 2015.
Lt. Col. Darin Gaub, deputy commanding officer, 4th CAB, 4th Infantry Division, said the SANG members visited the CAB to learn how AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk operations are conducted.
“The purpose of their visit was to hear from our experts on how we manage fleet maintenance, especially the Apaches and Black Hawks,” said Gaub. “They also wanted to see how we train our aircrews and the processes we go through in preparation to phase our aircraft.”
Gaub said the visit allowed the CAB to teach the Saudi allies and learn how they conduct military aviation operations for mutual deployment contingencies that both parties may face in the future.
“The visit allowed our allies to leverage our years of experience in aviation maintenance and training, including lessons learned,” said Gaub. “It is also important for the CAB to get some perspective from our allies to see how they do things and the challenges they face.
“For example, we use computer-based maintenance logging programs that can make their current ‘pen and paper’ logging programs more efficient,” he explained.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Marschall, shops aviation maintenance technician, Company B, 404th Aviation Support Battalion, 4th CAB, hosted the SANG tours of all the aviation maintenance shops in 404th ASB’s hangars and said that running a well-tuned maintenance program can save an organization a substantial amount of money.
“We took them through all the shops to show them the importance and timeliness of taking care of the aircraft,” said Marschall. “[The more] aircraft you have means more moving parts and pieces to stay on top of. We elaborated that millions of dollars and resources can be saved [when a] proficient maintenance program [such as] ours is used.”
Gaub said the biggest benefit of the visit was the building of relationships between the SANG and 4th CAB members.
“There is no bigger benefit for two allies than to build a relationship built on a common bond,” said Gaub. “We’ve obviously been in the Middle East quite a bit for the last couple of years, and it has been proven in our Army’s history that making allies [is] beneficial to us. Multinational relationships are always critical.”
| Date Taken: | 09.23.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 10.04.2015 18:47 |
| Story ID: | 178047 |
| Location: | FORT CARSON, COLORADO, US |
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