Soldiers train for helicopter patient loading
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team train on loading procedures for HH-60M Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment June 9, 2016, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. After practicing with a simulated patient while the helicopter engines were off, also known as cold loading, the Soldiers then loaded a simulated patient on a stretcher as well as ones who could walk on their own with the engines running, also known as hot loading.(Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
Soldiers train for helicopter patient loading
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team train on loading procedures for HH-60M Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment June 9, 2016, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. After practicing with a simulated patient while the helicopter engines were off, also known as cold loading, the Soldiers then loaded a simulated patient on a stretcher as well as ones who could walk on their own with the engines running, also known as hot loading.(Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)