Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Heckman, a native of Penfield, New York, helps stabilize two Air Assault students holding ropes hanging from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter as fellow students rappel during the Air Assault course Oct. 26, 2018 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Heckman is a air assault instructor, commonly known as a "black hat", assigned to the Iron Training Detachment.

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