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Spc. Dowdle Thomas, a helicopter repairer/crew member assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2d Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, conducts safety checks on a CH-47 Chinook during Ulchi Freedom Shield on Deju Island, South Korea, Aug. 21, 2025. This critical task ensures the aircraft remains mission-ready and supports uninterrupted aviation operations during the joint military exercise.
Ulchi Freedom Shield is an annual combined exercise conducted in support of the ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1953. This combined exercise program highlights the ironclad commitment between the two nations to maintain a robust combined defense posture and to defend the people of the ROK from any threat.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kalisber Ortega)
| Date Taken: | 08.21.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 08.21.2025 19:57 |
| Photo ID: | 9269356 |
| VIRIN: | 250821-A-LK641-1802 |
| Resolution: | 5472x3648 |
| Size: | 958.8 KB |
| Location: | KR |
| Web Views: | 96 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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