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A civilian-owned Mil-8 helicopter hovers low while Army Sgt. Rachel Barrett, a combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to attach cargo via sling load at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2013. Sling load operations are used to get supplies and equipment to smaller, less accessible combat outposts. ( Army photo by Spc. Alex Kirk Amen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) Sling load operations ensure soldiers get what they need 130108-A-NS855-1
A civilian-owned Mil-8 helicopter hovers low while Army Sgt. Rachel Barrett, a combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to attach cargo via sling load at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2013. Sling load operations are used to get supplies and equipment to smaller, less accessible combat outposts. ( Army photo by Spc. Alex Kirk Amen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) Sling load operations ensure soldiers get what they need 130108-A-NS855-191
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