‘Above the Best’: Army National Guard aviation test their mettle at Fort Bliss [Image 5 of 10]

FORT BLISS, TX, UNITED STATES

01.31.2019

Photo by Sgt. Christopher Hernandez 

Mobilization and Deployment, DPTMS Fort Bliss

FORT BLISS, Texas – Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Maides, training officer for 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, Nebraska Army National Guard, gives a mission brief prior to a CH-47F Chinook helicopter night infiltration and exfiltration exercise, Fort Bliss, Texas, Jan. 31, 2019. National Guard Chinook aviation regiments from Nebraska and Colorado have been taking part in pre-mobilization training exercises alongside their UH-60A/L Black Hawk counterparts from Wyoming, Mississippi, New Jersey, and New York for three weeks, trained and evaluated by Soldiers of 1st Armored Division, Combat Aviation Brigade and First Army Division West. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Christopher A. Hernandez, 210th Regional Support Group/Mobilization and Deployment Brigade – Fort Bliss Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security)

• Date Taken: 01.31.2019
• Date Posted: 02.04.2019 13:36
• Photo ID: 5078261
• VIRIN: 190131-A-JG268-001
• Resolution: 2784x1856
• Size: 695.78 KB
• Location: FORT BLISS, TX, US