PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Pfc. Kolton Roofe, from Cortez, Colo., and an ammunitions specialist with Alpha Company, 15th “Gamblers” Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd “Black Jack” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, connects a sli

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PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Pfc. Kolton Roofe, from Cortez, Colo., and an ammunitions specialist with Alpha Company, 15th “Gamblers” Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd “Black Jack” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, connects a sling to the base of an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a sling load operation on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2013. A. Co. has several sling load teams that rotate schedules to complete more than 25 sling operations a month.

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