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Why we serve: Spc. Terry Mills; US Army National Guard Medevac crew chief sheds retirement for deployment

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Eric Pahon | 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade | Date: 08.18.2012

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Terry Mills, focuses all his attention downward, his eyes locked so intently on a dangling hook 85 feet below, it’s almost as if he’s trying to move it toward the narrow ledge... Read More

Super Stallions conduct MAGTF training: HMH-366 practices heavy-lift capabilities

Story by Lance Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 08.16.2012

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 practiced moving artillery from a base to a forward position on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 16. Read More

Attack helicopter Marines practice close-air support, Integrate with ground troops at Camp Lejeune

Story by Lance Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 08.15.2012

When a platoon of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion Marines was pinned down on the rooftops of a small town by guerrilla fighters, a forward air controller called for air support. Hearing gunfire rattling over the... Read More

Training under pressure

Story by Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 08.02.2012

A training exercise became a real life situation, July 29, when range control made a call to Aviators from Alpha Company 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment to help extinguish a fire at one of the ranges at... Read More

Third Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion disrupts enemy passageways

Story by Cpl. Ed Galo | Regimental Combat Team 6 | Date: 07.31.2012

As the morning sun rose, the sound of helicopter rotor blades could be heard from the flight line at Forward Operating Base Payne, July 21, 2012. Read More