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Showing posts with label Blackhawk helicopter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackhawk helicopter. Show all posts
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Blackhawk Helicopter with 105mm Howitzer Sling Load

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Here's a video of a Blackhawk helicopter carrying a howitzer:
Sunday, February 8, 2015

Photos from Drill Weekend

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No big events this weekend, but some good shots of soldiers training: Putting safety wire on an air sensor on the main rotor blade o...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Popular On Line Can Be Strange

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This week my YouTube video explaining the difference between Army MRE and C-Ration meals passed 50,000 views. A photo I took this weeke...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Aviation Photo Contest Photos

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I entered three photos in the Army Aviation Association of America photo contest.  Last time I entered, all of the photos were of aircraft o...
Friday, January 9, 2015

Dunker Videos

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Here are several of the underwater videos I shot at Dunker training in December. Enjoy!!!
Saturday, December 20, 2014

Dunker Training--Flipping Upside Down in the Deep End of the Pool

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Last week I went to Dunker Training for Detachment 1, Charlie Company 2-104th.  Aircrew members are strapped in seats with five-point restra...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

What's Next Neil??

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"What's next Neil?" My riding buddy Chris Peris asked me that question yesterday.  I have been hearing it a lot since ...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Tough Mudder vs. Ironman, Part 2

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Both times I did the Tough Mudder, this was the obstacle that showed me Tough Mudder is a team sport.  At each event I ran as hard as I co...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Flying to Virginia in the Door Gunner's Seat of a Blackhawk

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Today I flew to VA on a Blackhawk in the door gunner's seat.  I never had a chance to do that in Iraq because the real door gunner's...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Water Bucket Training--Fire Fighting with Blackhawk Helicopters

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On Saturday morning at the beginning of drill weekend, I watched Blackhawk helicopters practice filling and emptying fire-fighting a water b...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

For Nigel--A MEDEVAC Blackhawk Takeoff--Afternoon, into the Sun

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Who Flies That Blackhawk? The Whole Story

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Last Month I wrote part of the story below--about the Blackhawk pilot who was a pilot for Gov. Blagojevich of Illinois in civilian life. He...
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Saturday, October 10, 2009

First Flight in a Blackhawk

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Today at a little after 10am I was a passenger on a routine flight to two small forward operating bases where our MEDEVAC Company flies. I...
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Friday, October 9, 2009

Flights are on Again, Maybe

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I thought I could not write this post because I can't say anything about where troops are going. So I won't. The main news is I am...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Blackhawk mechanic becomes facebook phenom

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I realized tonight I have not written about PT Belts before, but we have to wear them all the time with our PT (Physical Training) uniform ...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Who Fights This War? -- MEDEVAC Pilot

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This story ran in my newsletter yesterday and today 34th division published it in their newsletter and on their web site . I am posting it...
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Monday, October 5, 2009

Who Fights This War? -- Clerks Rescue Soldiers in Black Hawk Crash

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These soldiers are clerks in Echo Company. Both of them are good soldiers who took a lot of crap from the mechanics and fuelers in the uni...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Who Fights This War? -- Flight Medic 2

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This story was published on line on Wednesday and was also in a weekly newsletter I do now as part of my new job. When the United States...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Who Fights This War? -- Flight Medic

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Army Staff Sergeant Cynthia Dalton,  Camp Adder, Iraq, 2009-10 “I am never nervous on the flight out,” said Staff Sgt. Cynthia Dalton, descr...
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Monday, September 28, 2009

Who Fights This War? -- MEDEVAC Pilot

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This story went on line yesterday on Armed Forces News service so if you want to see the pilot's picture, just Google my name under the ...
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