Forward Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion slingload operations [Image 2 of 18]

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES

09.20.2012

Photo by Percy Jones 

United States Army Alaska

Spc. John Luna, Forward Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion, of San Antonio, Texas, rehearses his hand signals as the unit prepares to conduct slingload operations with the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, at Landing Zone Ranger, JBER-Richardson, Sept. 20, 2012. The soldiers were responsible for setting up the landing zone, rigging both a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle and water trailer for slingloading, and maintaining communications with an UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter as part of unit proficiency in providing critical supplies and equipment by rotary aircraft delivery.

• Date Taken: 09.20.2012
• Date Posted: 09.21.2012 19:43
• Photo ID: 669651
• VIRIN: 120920-F-QT695-004
• Resolution: 1370x2076
• Size: 1.6 MB
• Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, US