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Transportation Soldiers conduct rappel tower training

Soldiers from the Martinsville-based 1173rd Transportation Company, 1030th Transportation Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conduct rappel tower training August 12 at Fort Pickett. The training was part of the company's two-week annual training period that included individual and crew served weapons qualification, NBC chamber, confidence course, closer quarters marksmanship, convoy live fire, IED defeat and a three-day field training exercise. Approximate 130 Soldiers from the company, including the detachment from Onancock, were on hand for the training. Instructors from the Fort Pickett-based 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute provided the rappel masters for the training. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)

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Uploaded on August 13, 2012
Taken on August 13, 2012