Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Quincy Smith, from Houston, Tx., now stationed on the Harper's Ferry (LSD-49), Navy, signals for a UH-60 Blackhawk operated by A Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, to land on the Harper's Ferry during a deck landing qualification on Dec. 26, 2013, somewhere in the Arabian Gulf. Army aviation assets and the Navy conduct joint-service littoral (near shore) training missions to build familiarity with each other's equipment and procedures, including landing different models of rotary wing aircra


Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Quincy Smith, from Houston, Tx., now stationed on the Harper's Ferry (LSD-49), Navy, signals for a UH-60 Blackhawk operated by A Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, to land on the Harper's Ferry during a deck landing qualification on Dec. 26, 2013, somewhere in the Arabian Gulf. Army aviation assets and the Navy conduct joint-service littoral (near shore) training missions to build familiarity with each other's equipment and procedures, including landing different models of rotary wing aircraft on Navy Dock Landing Ships (LSD's). The 42nd CAB, New York Army National Guard, operates rotary winged aircraft throughout the region in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. ( Army National Guard photo by Spc. Harley Jelis/Released)


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