Pfc. Natalie Mehring (left), of Phoenix, Ariz., and Staff Sgt. Adam Hipwell, of San Jose, Calif., secure a cable to a water trailer as Soldiers from the Forward Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion, conduct slingload operations with the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, at Landing Zone Ranger, JBER-Richardson, Sept. 20, 2012. The soldiers were responsible for setting up the landing zone, rigging both a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle and water trailer for slingloading, and maintaining communications with an UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter as part of


Pfc. Natalie Mehring (left), of Phoenix, Ariz., and Staff Sgt. Adam Hipwell, of San Jose, Calif., secure a cable to a water trailer as Soldiers from the Forward Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion, conduct slingload operations with the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, at Landing Zone Ranger, JBER-Richardson, Sept. 20, 2012. The soldiers were responsible for setting up the landing zone, rigging both a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle and water trailer for slingloading, and maintaining communications with an UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter as part of unit proficiency in providing critical supplies and equipment by rotary aircraft delivery.


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