Courtesy Story | 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade | 05.22.2014
For 4-6 ARS, an air cavalry squadron that flies OH-58D Kiowa helicopters, the event was a last “hoorah” before wrapping up its nine-month tour on the peninsula before returning to their home station on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. With this rhyme on their lips and a packed rucksack on their backs, about 60 troopers of the 4th Attack Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment,......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Vincent Abril and Sgt. Nicole Hall | 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade | 02.24.2014
More than 300 soldiers filled an aviation hangar as they stood tall behind their unit’s distinct white and red guidons and unit colors at the forefront of their formation. The colors, draped with streamers of past deeds, represented the 4th Attack Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th United States Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division....
Story by Spc. Leon Cook | 20th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.02.2013
Spc. Cody Peckham has only been in the military for two years. However, in the short time since Peckham arrived at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, he has distinguished himself above his peers through his active volunteer service to the JBLM community, especially the city of University Place, Wash....
Story by Staff Sgt. David Chapman | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.13.2012
The whine of the turbine engine is deafening as the engine spins up and lifts the aircraft into the air. The pilots of these aircraft see the world from an entirely different perspective than most any military occupational specialty in the Army....
Story by Sgt. Austan Owen | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.01.2012
The Kiowa pilot pointed the nose of the helicopter toward the ground and began his strafing run on the targets with a .50 caliber machine gun. Circling back on the objective the pilots let loose an onslaught of rockets, striking target vehicles in the open field....
