Army paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, off-load simulated battlefield casualties from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during infantry platoon live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 7, 2018. The exercise honed the paratroopers’ infantry skills to include: platoon movement and communication, obstacle breaching, capturing objectives through assault and maneuver, and casualty care. Army helicopter aviators fro


Army paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, off-load simulated battlefield casualties from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during infantry platoon live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 7, 2018. The exercise honed the paratroopers’ infantry skills to include: platoon movement and communication, obstacle breaching, capturing objectives through assault and maneuver, and casualty care. Army helicopter aviators from B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment out of Fort Wainwright, provided air support for the training exercise.


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