Photo Essay: Chinook helicopter, crew, students combined for sling-load training supporting 89B course

Courtesy Photo | Students prepare to hook a simulated ammunition pallet to a Chinook helicopter March 21, 2019, at the installation as part of sling-load training for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Ammunition Supply Course, taught by the 13th Battalion, 100th Regiment at Fort McCoy, is a four-week course that provides training for Soldiers who are reclassifying to the 89B military occupational specialty. The sling-load training is one of the last major training events during the course. A sling load is used to transport munitions to remote locations or to expedite shipments in hostile locations. The 13th, 100th is an ordnance battalion that provides training and training support to Soldiers in the ordnance maintenance MOS series. The unit, aligned under the 3rd Brigade, 94th Division of the 80th Training Command, has been at Fort McCoy since about 1995. (U.S. Army Photo by Master Sgt. Sarah Johnson, 13th Battalion, 100th Regiment, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

04.02.2019

Courtesy Story

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Photo Essay by Master Sgt. Sarah Johnson
13th Battalion, 100th Regiment

An aircrew of a Chinook helicopter operated the helicopter March 21, 2019, at the installation as part of sling-load training for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The Ammunition Supply Course, taught by the 13th Battalion, 100th Regiment at Fort McCoy, is a four-week course that provides training for Soldiers who are reclassifying to the 89B military occupational specialty.

The sling-load training is one of the last major training events during the course.

A sling load is used to transport munitions to remote locations or to expedite shipments in hostile locations.

The 13th, 100th is an ordnance battalion that provides training and training support to Soldiers in the ordnance maintenance MOS series.

The unit, aligned under the 3rd Brigade, 94th Division of the 80th Training Command, has been at Fort McCoy since about 1995.

Fort McCoy has supported America’s armed forces since 1909. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.

• Date Taken: 04.02.2019
• Date Posted: 04.02.2019 12:57
• Story ID: 316626
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US