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U . S . Army National Guard Aviation

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soldiers know the risks of flying over

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water and today's training will give

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them the knowledge and skills needed in

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case the encounter a sea survival

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situation . I'm chief Foreign Officer

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to paul reasons . I'm part of

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Detachment three Golf Company 1 26

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Aviation Regiment and I'm a 1 53 mike .

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Or are you H 60 pilot Today ? We're

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doing what's known as a dunker training .

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It's over water survival training is

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also often referred to as helicopter

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over water survival training or host .

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And it's to prepare us for the unlikely

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event of having to land in the water ,

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ditch our aircraft get out safely . So

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my name is specialist Daniel Pomerantz

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68 whiskey . Uh Flight medic Detachment

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one Company G . First of the 189

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Aviation Detachment . The point of

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injury in the facility , transport go

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to patients in the field and pick them

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up , extricate them to the next higher

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level of care . I'm a 15 tango which is

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a Black hawk crew chief . So I sit in

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the back of Blackhawks and make sure we

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don't run into things . Uh , and I'm

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with 1 26 medevac . We do a lot of log

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runs between Oahu where were stationed

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and Big Island , Maui kawai other

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places . And for long stretches of

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those flights we are over water . This

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is the kind of training you'd like to

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have if you're flying over water and

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the worst should happen . You have to

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land in the water reporting from Marine

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Corps Base Hawaii . I'm Army Staff

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Sergeant , bryan ng .