GALLERY: Medics train with Alaska National Guard Aviators

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Alaska Army National Guard aviators honed their life-saving skills and medevac hoist skills for the paratroopers’ upcoming rotation to the Joint Readiness Center at Fort Polk, La.

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During the training event, the Alaska Army National Guard did, among other tasks, hoist a simulated casualty with a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Neibhur Drop Zone, while assisting Soldiers from the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), and 25th Infantry Division, US Army Alaska.

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