Story by Airman 1st Class Rhett Isbell | 19th Airlift Wing | 01.16.2019
The monster garage is a simulated cargo area of a C-130J used as a hands-on training tool by student loadmasters and their instructors to forge effective tactical airlifters....
Story by Staff Sgt. Erica Jaros | South Carolina National Guard | 12.07.2014
Aviation crews from the South Carlina Army National Guard conducted recovery operations Dec. 7, for a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Det. 2, F Company, 1-171st General Support Aviation Battalion, that made an emergency landing in a corn field just outside of Columbia, South Carolina, Dec. 3....
Story by Sgt. Sinthia Rosario | 101st Division Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs | 09.18.2014
Soldiers with the 584th Support Maintenance Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, conducted field maintenance and sustainment operations training, Sept. 15 through Friday....
Story by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Hill | 371st Sustainment Brigade | 11.23.2013
Parachute riggers with the 861st Quartermaster Company, Detachment 1, are currently deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, where they are serving as the only riggers operating in theater....
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.29.2013
Nearly 90 soldiers, on opposite sides of the island of Puerto Rico worked feverishly; some packed parachutes, some loaded trucks, and others cooked and tended to medical needs of their comrades. Moving as seamlessly as a timepiece, soldiers of the 421st Quartermaster Company choreographed movement of personnel and equipment continuously across 50 miles of the Cordillera Central Mountain Range......
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.19.2013
V-shaped markers lay centered in the field as jumpmaster and parachute rigger Sgt. 1st Class Brian W. Steverson pressed the transmit button on a handheld radio and provided wind velocity information to soldiers aboard the C-130 Hercules aircraft circling overhead. Shortly after, parachute riggers and medics on the drop zone with Steverson watched attentively as the plane approached from the......
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.17.2013
The roaring engines of the C-130 Hercules howled as an Air Force loadmaster called out, “Ten minutes!” The rear doors lifted open and the sound of wind joined the symphony of engine growl. Sgt. 1st Class Steven H. Lamb, a platoon sergeant and jumpmaster assigned to the 421st Quartermaster Company, grasped the sides of a door and arched his chest forward to inspect the plane's exterior......
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.17.2013
The roaring engines of the C-130 Hercules howled as an Air Force loadmaster called out, “Ten minutes!” The rear doors lifted open and the sound of wind joined the symphony of engine growl. Sgt. 1st Class Steven H. Lamb, a platoon sergeant and jumpmaster assigned to the 421st Quartermaster Company, grasped the sides of a door and arched his chest forward to inspect the plane's exterior......
