Army Sgt. Thomas Thames, a native of Tulsa, Okla., assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, trains under Army Pathfinder School instructors in sling load operations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. The mission of the Army Pathfinder School provides a three week course in which students navigate dismounted, establish and operate a day/night helicopter landing zone, a day/night Air Force Computed Air Release Point drop zone, Army drop zones, conduct sling load opera
Army Sgt. Thomas Thames, a native of Tulsa, Okla., assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, trains under Army Pathfinder School instructors in sling load operations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. The mission of the Army Pathfinder School provides a three week course in which students navigate dismounted, establish and operate a day/night helicopter landing zone, a day/night Air Force Computed Air Release Point drop zone, Army drop zones, conduct sling load operations, and provide air traffic control as well as navigational assistance to rotary and fixed wing aircraft. ( Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
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