Army Staff Sgt. Keith Beardsley, Air Assault Instructor from the Phantom Warrior Academy, signals that hook-up is in progress to a CH-47 Chinook during a sling load operation at the Yakima Training Center, Yakima, Wash., May 5, 2017. Sling load operations allow units to accomplish their mission by rapidly relocating supplies and equipment, bypassing surface obstacles. ( Army photo by Sgt. Kalie Jones)

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