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    101st BSB use hoists in MEDEVAC training [Image 10 of 11]

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    A military medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) helicopter, identifiable by the red cross markings, hovers in an overcast sky while conducting a hoist rescue operation. A person is suspended below the aircraft on a hoist cable, being lifted or lowered during what appears to be a training exercise or actual rescue. The helicopter is a dark-colored UH-60 Black Hawk variant configured for medical evacuation.

    FORT RILEY, KANSAS, UNITED STATES

    03.08.2016

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Warren Wright 

    1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division

    A medic with Company C, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, is hoisted up to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during medical evacuation training March 8 at Fort Riley. The Soldiers of the 101st BSB took turns being hoisted up to the helicopter in order to understand the process of evacuating a patient in areas helicopters cannot land. (Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr., 1st ABCT)

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    Date Taken: 03.08.2016
    Date Posted: 03.14.2016 11:26
    Photo ID: 2461004
    VIRIN: 160308-A-HG995-010
    Resolution: 3839x2742
    Size: 839.17 KB
    Location: FORT RILEY, KANSAS, US

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