West Monroe, -- Sgt. Michael Butler (Flight Medic), crew chief for Company F, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion and members of the West Monroe Fire Department, “pull the column” to gain access to a trapped patient’s feet while conducting familiarization training with the the West Monroe Fire Department on Nov. 15. Formerly known as the 249th Air Ambulance Company, the 169th is an air ambulance company which flies UH-60 helicopters configured to carry wounded soldiers from the battlefield to a Combat Surgical Hospital or other treatment facility. This is known as a d

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West Monroe, -- Sgt. Michael Butler (Flight Medic), crew chief for Company F, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion and members of the West Monroe Fire Department, “pull the column” to gain access to a trapped patient’s feet while conducting familiarization training with the the West Monroe Fire Department on Nov. 15. Formerly known as the 249th Air Ambulance Company, the 169th is an air ambulance company which flies UH-60 helicopters configured to carry wounded soldiers from the battlefield to a Combat Surgical Hospital or other treatment facility. This is known as a dustoff in military slang. Photo courtesy of West Monroe Fire Department

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