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    Sling load operations ensure soldiers get what they need [Image 1 of 2]

    Sling load operations ensure soldiers get what they need

    KHOWST PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

    01.09.2013

    Photo by Spc. Alex Amen 

    115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    A civilian-owned Mil-8 helicopter lifts off after U.S. Army Sgt. Rachel Barrett, a combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), attached its cargo via sling load at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2013. Sling load operations are used to get supplies and equipment to smaller, less accessible combat outposts. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alex Kirk Amen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 01.09.2013
    Date Posted: 01.23.2013 03:20
    Photo ID: 818460
    VIRIN: 130108-A-NS855-115
    Resolution: 3000x2100
    Size: 797.31 KB
    Location: KHOWST PROVINCE, AF
    Hometown: FORT CAMPBELL, KY, US

    Web Views: 51
    Downloads: 6

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