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    Army Reserve aviators host students

    Army Reserve aviators host students

    Photo By Timothy Hale | Rebecca Rascon, right, flies a CH-47F simulator with help from instructor Pat Turner,...... read more read more

    FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES

    11.19.2012

    Story by Timothy Hale  

    U.S. Army Reserve Command

    FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Students from New Century International Elementary School visited Army Reserve aviators along with other airfield operations at Simmons Army Airfield, located here, Nov. 19, 2012.

    Aircrews from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, an Army Reserve UH-60 Black Hawk unit, hosted the students ranging in grades from third to fifth.

    During their day at Simmons, they visited with air traffic controllers, helicopter flight instructors at the Southeastern Regional Flight Simulation Complex, and U.S. Air Force weather forecasters.

    For one student, she said the visit was “awesome.”

    “It’s amazing,” said third-grader Rebecca Rascon. “it’s very inspiring [that] people want to fly helicopters and work with computers.”

    For flight crews of Alpha Company, it was a welcome change from their normal flight duties.

    “All my guys got excited. They love to share what they do on a daily basis with the children,” said Capt. Steven Hayes, company commander.

    “My hope is one day, one of these kids will be flying in one of our U.S. Army Reserve units,” he said.

    Anissa Peoples, a military family consultant, said programs that share information with children from the community is important to show what the military is all about.

    “I think it is a really good reminder and I think it also helps the students look around and see whose parents are actually in the military,” Peoples said, adding that many people don’t understand what it’s like to be a military child in a civilian school versus a school on a base or post.

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    Date Taken: 11.19.2012
    Date Posted: 11.19.2012 16:53
    Story ID: 98104
    Location: FORT BRAGG, NC, US

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