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Chief Warrant Officer Robert Vaughn, Battalion Aviation Life Support officer with the 1-189th gives Spc. Ace Seilstad, CH-47 Chinook helicopter mechanic with Delta Company 1-189th, pointers on how to properly launch a flare during a signaling devices class during a cold weather survival training exercise held on top of McDonald Pass in January. Soldiers were trained on various items found in......
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A group of Soldiers from the 1-189th Aviation Battalion dig themselves into the snow while waiting to switch classes during a cold weather survival training exercise held on top of McDonald Pass in January. After flying in on Blackhawks and Chinooks, Soldiers spent the day brushing up on winter survival skills such as digging snow caves, making fires, cold weather injury first-aid and using......
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Chief Warrant Officer Robert Vaughn, Battalion Aviation Life Support officer with the 1-189th, teaches a class on emergency signaling devices during a cold weather survival training exercise held in January on top of McDonald Pass. Vaughn displayed several devices found in the aviation survival kit known as the Aircraft Module Survival System, or AMSS, such as flares, mirrors, orange panels,......
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Sgt. 1st Class Matt Olson, team leader with the 190th Chemical Reconnissance Detachment, relaxes in the snow after a cold weather injury first-aid class given as part of a cold weather survival training exercise on top of McDonald Pass during their January drill weekend. The 190th, along with Charlie and Delta Company of 1-189th Aviation Battalion, trained on various winter survival skills,......
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Spc. Kyle Figarelle, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter mechanic with Delta Company of the 1-189th Aviation Battalion, practices digging a snow cave while waiting for the next class to start during a cold weather survival training exercise held on top of McDonald Pass in January. Soldiers from the Delta and Charlie company of the 1-189th and from the 190th Chemical Reconnissance Detachment bundled up......
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Soldiers from Charlie and Delta Company of the 1-189th Aviation Battalion, and from the 190th Chemical Reconnissance Detachment train on cold weather survival on top of McDonald Pass during their January drill. Flown in on Blackhawks and Chinooks, the Soldiers spent the day training on cold weather injury first aid, signaling devices, fire-making and digging snow caves....
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Chief Warrant Officer Jake Wiegand, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot with the 1-189th Aviation Battalion, adds fuel to the fire between classes during a cold weather survival training exercise on top of McDonald Pass in January. Close to 90 Soldiers with the 190th Chemical Reconnissance Detachment and Charlie and Delta company of the 189th spent their day brushing up on winter survival skills......
