Soldiers of Alpha Company, 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fight to stand against the rotor wash of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Bravo Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, during sling load training for the Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System, July 9, 2015. “Sling loading the REBS is unique and we’ve learned from our training at the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site that there’s a lot of air assault operations within a Stryker brigade,” said 1st Lt. Ryan Hall, platoon leader, Alpha


Soldiers of Alpha Company, 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fight to stand against the rotor wash of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Bravo Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, during sling load training for the Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System, July 9, 2015. “Sling loading the REBS is unique and we’ve learned from our training at the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site that there’s a lot of air assault operations within a Stryker brigade,” said 1st Lt. Ryan Hall, platoon leader, Alpha Company, 299th BEB, 1st SBCT, 4th Infantry Division. “This training gives us a new facet and new ability to help provide more mobility to the brigade.” When bridges fly 150709-A-FE868-368


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