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Soldiers attending the Mobile Pathfinder Course view Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 23, 2013, as they fly to a parachute drop onto Malamute Drop Zone. More than 40 soldiers tested their skills in air traffic control, medical evacuation operations, sling operations, helicopter landing zones, air assault planning, pathfinder employment, and drop zone operations. Pilots and crews assigned to the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, provided aviation support.

Soldiers attending the Mobile Pathfinder Course view Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 23, 2013, as they fly to a parachute drop onto Malamute Drop Zone. More than 40 soldiers tested their skills in air traffic control, medical evacuation operations, sling operations, helicopter landing zones, air assault planning, pathfinder employment, and drop zone operations. Pilots and crews assigned to the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, provided aviation support.

Soldiers attending the Mobile Pathfinder Course view Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 23, 2013, as they fly to a parachute drop onto Malamute Drop Zone. More than 40 soldiers tested their skills in air traffic control, medical evacuation operations, sling operations, helicopter landing zones, air assault planning, pathfinder employment, and drop zone operations. Pilots and crews assigned to the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, provided aviation support.

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