Air Cav Brigade News from 1st Cav DivNews from Air Cav Brigade of the 1st Cavalry DivisionJust another Air Cav day- August 28, 2008 Crew chiefs from 1st Attack Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, silhouetted by the harsh light of the sun, work on a hoisted AH-64D Apache attack helicopter engine during their daily maintenance operations at Robert Gray Army Air Field, Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 26. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathan J.J. Hoskins, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs)http://www.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/news/2008/aug/aug24.htm The many ways beat Texas heat- August 19, 2008 If a lake is too big and scary, use a shallow mud-hole to keep cool during the scorching summer heat. Here Soldiers from the 1st Attack Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, wrestle in the tug-o-war pit after a heated match during an organizational day at Belton Lake Outdoor Recreational Area, Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 14. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathan J.J. Hoskins, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs))http://www.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/news/2008/aug/aug21.htm Ground commander flies- August 12, 2008 Colonel Tobin Green, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, slides on a helmet before taking off in an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter from Grey Army Air Field, Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 8. This is a part of an ongoing airground integration program where Col. Douglas Gabram, commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cav. Div., shows ground commanders what his pilots see from the air. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathan J.J. Hoskins, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs)http://www.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/news/2008/aug/aug9.htm 1st Air Cav receives new heavy-lift helos- August 7, 2008 FORT HOOD, Texas From the outside the CH-47F Chinooks dont look much different from their predecessors aside from the new paint job, but making that observation is like judging a book by its cover.http://www.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/news/2008/aug/aug5.htm Combat Life Savers brush up on critical skills- August 4, 2008 Shreveport, La., native Spc. Cassandra Tramiel (left), a brigade personnel clerk for the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, lets a little blood flow from an intravenous catheter to show that its in the vein of Washoe, Nev., native Sgt. Jeralyn Matthews (right), the senior medic for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div., during a Combat Life Saver recertification class, at Fort Hood, Texas, July 30. Everyone should be able to cross over into saving their...http://www.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/news/2008/aug/aug2.htm |