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Recovery Redo

My battalion was the last maneuver element to execute the brigade fire-control exercise. Our cavalry squadron and two infantry battalions executed the lane for several days in severe weather with no safety issues.

Trust Your Training

When I found out my application for the Fixed-Wing Multi-engine Qualification Course was approved and I was selected to attend, I was very excited. However, I was a little apprehensive — not about the overall course, just one area in particular.

  • 26 June 2016
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Recipe for Disaster

Just as we crossed the protective barriers — BOOM! — the entire helicopter shook violently. The unsecured crewmember monitoring the load was thrown to the side of the airframe. Our flight engineer shouted, “We’re hit, put it down, put it down,” an intense task for the pilot on the controls given the DZ location.

  • 19 June 2016
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A Shortcut to Failure

It was a typical multiple-unit training assembly five-drill weekend. The unit had planned a battalion field training exercise at an area a little over an hour away. Like most drill weekends, everyone seemed to have too much to do and not enough time to get it all done.

  • 12 June 2016
  • Author: Army Safety
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Sharing the Skies

By today’s technological standards, our antiquated AH-64As were dinosaurs — mostly analog switches, steam gauges and paper maps, baby! The glass cockpit concept (computerized displays with multifunctional screens and buttons) sounded like something from the future to us, but we considered flying these aircraft as a bit of a badge of honor.

  • 12 June 2016
  • Author: Army Safety
  • Number of views: 1091
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Time Well Spent

Prior to deployment, our unit practiced the power management issues we expected to encounter in Afghanistan. It paid off.

  • 1 June 2016
  • Author: Army Safety
  • Number of views: 4982
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