PORT HADLOCK, Wash. - Naval Magazine Indian Island Navy Reserve Security Forces and Washington Army National Guard aviation trained together July 9. The Washington Army National Guard provided training which included familiarization with the unit's UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter.
"This was extremely beneficial training," said Lt. j.g. Doug Newman, Commanding Officer Navy Reserve Security Forces - Naval Magazine Indian Island. "If air assets are needed, the involved ground personnel should be equipped with some prior knowledge of what the air crew might need and the safety precautions associated with working around rotary aircraft."
The training included an air orientation flight aboard the UH-60 for Navy Reserve Security forces. "In the event there is an extraordinary incident, such as a mass casualty event, it is not outside the realm of possibilities that first responders and security forces may have to work with outside mutual aid air assets in order to save lives," Newman stressed. "When the affected military installation is located within a rural area, this type of training is particularly meaningful."
The Navy Reserve officer serves full time as the Commander, Criminal Investigations Division, Port of Seattle Police Department. "When not deployed, this is exactly the kind of support the Washington National Guard provides at the local, state and federal level," Newman said. "We saw this type of coordination during the Oso landslides, where Navy, National Guard and local first responders had to work together to make those whom we protect and serve safer and that's what this training was all about."
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. The UH-60A entered service with the U.S. Army in 1979, to replace the Bell UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport helicopter.
From the Washington Army National Guard Charlie Company, 1/140th Assault Company "The Cougars" of the 1/168th General Support Aviation Battalion were: CW2 Randy White (Pilot), CW2 Nicolas Gleim (Pilot), and SGT Will Hust (Crew Chief).
| Date Taken: | 07.09.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 07.14.2016 13:04 |
| Story ID: | 203957 |
| Location: | PORT HADLOCK, WASHINGTON, US |
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