Showing posts with label air assault. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air assault. Show all posts
Monday, April 18, 2011
Air Assault Training in Western PA
More later, but for now, a few shots from a hillside on a farm where Alpha Company, 1-10th Infantry, 2nd Brigade practiced air assault and extraction. These photos are of one of the platoons running back to the Chinook at the end of the mission.
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