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3rd ID soldiers train for air assault
Sling-loading ammo
Soldiers assigned to the 1/76th FA work together to attach sling-load rigging to a hovering UH-60L Blackhawk. - photo by Photo by Randy C. Murray

Twenty-two soldiers with Battery B, 1/76th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division conducted air-assault training Friday at Fort Stewart.
Soldiers who had never even flown in an UH-60L Blackhawk practiced loading and unloading the aircraft for typical combat operations. They also rigged an M119A2 Howitzer for sling-load operations as well as a large pallet of simulated 105mm rounds. The 1/76th FA is the only light field-artillery battalion assigned to Fort Stewart.
The full story will in posted later and printed in Wednesday’s Coastal Courier

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