Army, Navy Join For Deck-Landing Qualification Exercise

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Sgt. David Nathaniel Beckstrom (I Corps):

Soldiers, assigned to the 185th Theater Aviation Brigade, and Sailors, of the USS Essex (LHD 2), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, took part in a joint, deck-landing qualification exercise in the Persian Gulf, Sept. 28.

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U.S. Army pilots flying UH-60 Black Hawks rehearsed approach procedures and landings on the flight deck of the Essex, with a home port of San Diego, to increase readiness as part of ongoing efforts to foster close cooperation between the services.

“Being able to work with a wide range of aircraft will not only make me better at my job on the flight deck, but it will allow the pilots to comfortably land on a moving ship,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeshon King, a flight deck operator on the Essex.

“We are getting experience and training that we wouldn’t get back home and developing the relationship with the Navy for future operations,” said Chief Warrant Officer 3 Josh Wesner, a UH-60 pilot with C Company, 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, home stationed in Shelbyville, Indiana. “Being able to learn how other services conduct …Read the Rest

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