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Fort Drum training
Members of the Army National Guard, including local troops are training at Fort Drum this week as they prepare deploy to Iraq in June. Posted on April 16, 2008.
The Humvee Escape and Egress Training simulator is rolled over and over with members of Delta Company, 1st of the 106th, that is used to simulate a rollover accident from a roadside bomb during a training session at Fort Drum, New York, as they prepare to deploy to Iraq in June Tuesday. Stobe lights, recorded explosions and gunfire were used in this scenerio to simulate a night patrol where the humvee is struck by a roadside bomb.
Spc. Jacob Beck, 24, of Amsterdam, left, cleans the tail rotor stobe lens on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter Tuesday as Pfc. Chris Stout, 21, of Troy, watches from below at Wheeler-Sack Airfield at Fort Drum as they prepare to deploy to Iraq in June.
Members of Delta Company, 1st Battalion of the 106th Aviation Battalion of the Army National Guard exit a Humvee Escape and Egress Training Simulator designed to replicate a rollover accident resulting from a roadside bomb during a training session Tuesday at Fort Drum, where the company is preparing to deploy to Iraq in June. Stobe lights, recorded explosions and gunfire were used in this scenerio to simulate a night patrol where the humvee is struck by a roadside bomb.
Spc. Jacob Beck of Amsterdam cleans the windshield of one of the newest UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.
Crew chief Staff Sgt. Tom Balough, right, and pilot Maj. Kevin Ferreira listen as pilot in training Warrant Officer Dylan Maycrink of Middleburgh, goes over his training mission.
Maj. Kevin Ferreira of Rotterdam prepares his UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for a training mission.
Pvt. David Murray, right, takes up a covering position after exiting a Humvee Escape and Egress Training simulator at Fort Drum.
Pilot in training Warrant Officer Dylan Maycrink of Middleburgh, left, goes over his training mission with pilot trainer Maj. Kevin Ferreria of Rotterdam at Wheeler-Sack Airfield.
Sgt. Dion Toal of Rochester, left, waits Tuesday as UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot Maj. Kevin Ferreira of Rotterdam prepares for a training mission at Wheeler-Sack Airfield.
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July 20, 2008
