Video by Sgt. Gregory Menke, Sgt. Tien-Dat Ngo and Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Nofziger | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 08.18.2025
A short-form video production showcasing the lethal capabilities of the CH-47 Chinooks in different exercises and environments. (U.S. video by Sgt. Tien Dat Ngo)...
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Joyner and Staff Sgt. Kaden Pitt | 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | 03.26.2025
A look at some b-roll from the first night of the Large Scale Air Assault (L1A2) at Operation Lethal Eagle (OLE) 25.1 in March of 2025 at Fort Campbell, KY. An L1A2 is characterized by moving a brigade's worth of combat power and and equipment in one period of darkness at a range up to 500 nautical miles. Operation Lethal Eagle is a division led field exercise with a large scale air assault,......
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Christy Sherman | National Guard Bureau | 09.24.2024
Soldiers from the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Michigan National Guard, conduct slingload operations during a bridging exercise over Lake Huron near St. Ignace, Mich., Sept. 14, 2024. The training, involving airlifting 22-foot bridge sections and assembling a 220-foot floating bridge raft, enhances readiness for transporting equipment across water. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. 1st Class......
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Christy Sherman | National Guard Bureau | 09.24.2024
Soldiers from the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Michigan National Guard, conduct slingload operations during a bridging exercise over Lake Huron near St. Ignace, Mich., Sept. 14, 2024. The training, involving airlifting 22-foot bridge sections and assembling a 220-foot floating bridge raft, enhances readiness for transporting equipment across water. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. 1st Class......
Video by Airman Eli Rose | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 09.16.2024
An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, conducts joint sling-load operations with Airmen from the 3rd Munitions Squadron, U.S. Air Force, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 16, 2024. This was the first time munitions Airmen have sling-loaded munitions in a tactical configuration, and the proof-of-concept exercise - the......
Video by Greg Mason | Fort McCoy Multimedia Visual Information Branch | 08.13.2024
U.S. Army Reserve CH-47F Chinook helicopter crews with the 5-159th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) out of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA supported the CSTX 24-02 exercise with sling loading bridging pontoons into Big Sandy Lake at Fort McCoy, WI. (U.S. Army Video by Greg Mason, Multi-media Branch, Fort McCoy, Wis.)...
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy | National Guard Bureau | 06.26.2024
Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment and 1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery Regiment, both Arkansas Army National Guard units, take part in training on slingload operations at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Arkansas. Slingload operations allow for the quick movement of supplies and equipment via helicopter and can be critical both on the battlefield or when......
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Video by Sgt. Lianne Hirano | 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) | 06.01.2024
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, 103rd Troop Command, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) and Alpha Company, Brigade Support Battalion, HIARNG, conduct sling load operations during annual training at Kapolei, Hawaii, June 1, 2024. Soldiers routinely trained on sling load tactics, techniques and procedures to simulate tactical insertion and......
