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CAMP MARECHAL DE LATTRE DE TASSIGNY, Kosovo - Cavalry scouts loaded helicopters and headed towards the mountains for an air assault-training mission near Camp Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny (CMLT), Kosovo, Feb. 21.
Cavalry scouts are responsible for being the eyes and ears of the commander during combat and keeping their skills sharp is essential for their mission.
Sgt. Robert Adarna, a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, and a native of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, participated in the training.
“The objective of today’s mission was to secure a helicopter-landing zone,” said Adarna. “We had to find it using land navigation and then ensure it was safe for helicopters to land there.”
The Soldiers hiked the mountainous terrain with snow waist deep at some parts of the trail.
“It was definitely deep snow out there,” said Adarna. “We were hoping it would melt before the mission but we adapted. It is all a part of the training.”
Spc. Kevin Smith, a signal support system specialist with the 1-40th Cavalry and a native of Dallas, Texas, was in charge of communications for the mission.
“Communication was great today,” said Smith. “All of the radios were good today and nothing went down, which is nice.”
For this mission Smith stayed in constant contact with the troop back at base and transmitted information from the commander to the troop.
“I think my job is vital for the scouts,” said Smith. “They have to be able to communicate with each other in order to accomplish their mission. Communication is important in the Army period. I am there to ensure the commander has constant lines of communication.”
The scouts completed their training and loaded back into the birds to head home to CMLT.
“I think over all this training went well,” said Adarna. “A lot of the training we did today was perishable skills. Land navigation is a vital skill that we all need to rehearse constantly so it was good that we were able to do that today.”
| Date Taken: | 02.21.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 02.25.2015 05:27 |
| Story ID: | 155327 |
| Location: | CAMP MARéCHAL DE LATTRE DE TASSIGNY, ZZ |
| Hometown: | DALLAS, TX, US |
| Hometown: | KAILUA KONA, HI, US |
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