Photo By Sgt. 1st Class James Braswell | U.S. Army Soldiers conduct static line airborne jumps out of a C-17 Globemaster III...... read more read more
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The Georgia Army National Guard Safety Office hosted their 10th annual Joint Parachute Operations Mishap Preventative Orientation Course Enhanced (POMPOC-E) April 17 - 26, 2024, at the Air Dominance Center, Savannah, Georgia and the Plantation Airpark, Sylvania, Georgia.
POMPOC-E is a two week-long course that trains airborne personnel, riggers, jumpmasters, safety officers, and commanders from U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and U.S. Army and Air National Guard units on safely conducting airborne operations. The forum and training discussed new trends, procedures, and equipment.
“We primarily look at all of the changes that have happened during the previous year,” said retired U.S. Army Col. John Till, who serves as the senior safety advisor for the Georgia National Guard. “The jumpmasters and senior-level supervisors don’t always have access to those changes, and we give them one outlet to let them know everything that’s been going on.”
The course provides an opportunity to share lessons learned in an academic and operational setting. Airborne service members from different states and components share their experiences in hopes of preventing a parachuting mishap that could cost lives.
“We get to make sure we’re all on the same page safety wise,” said U.S. Army Maj. Jeff Nelson, brigade master jumpmaster of the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard. “We are sharing best practices, updates and changes so that the entire airborne community can stay as knowledgeable as they can throughout the year during their operations.”
This year’s POMPOC-E was divided into three phases. The first phase, the Leader’s Canopy Control showcase, allowed for qualified personnel to conduct military free fall airborne jumps out of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The second phase, the Jumpmaster Refresher training, educated unit jumpmasters on current procedures and instructions, and prepared them to perform jumpmaster duties during the third phase, Static Line Hands-on Training and Updates.
The third phase provided in-depth analysis of trends, procedures and discussion of safe airborne operations. At the end of the third phase, qualified personnel conducted static line airborne jumps out of C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globetrotter III cargo planes.
Networking between states and components is one of the key reasons why the Georgia Army National Guard State Safety Office hosts the event. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Devin Rockel, who serves as the commander of the 118th Air Support Operations Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, plans to use the experiences of others and the lessons learned from this event to better enhance his unit’s airborne operations.
“You get a lot from the proficiency of the people who attend this event from an operational, safety and organizational standpoint,” said Rockel. “Everybody is getting good training, and I’ll definitely be bringing a lot of lessons learned back to the unit.”
| Date Taken: | 04.26.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 04.26.2024 16:01 |
| Story ID: | 469589 |
| Location: | AIR DOMINANCE CENTER, SAVANNAH, GA, US |
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