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New York Chinooks Pick It Up at 5,000-Soldier Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise

Deployment to Afghanistan

JULY 19, 2016, FORT POLK, La. – Two-dozen New York Army National Guard aircrew and aviators from Rochester are preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan early in 2017 while also participating in the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Teams Joint Readiness Training Center exercise at Fort Polk with 5,000 other Soldiers.

The Joint Training Center allows Army units to conduct combat training in a realistic environment which features a well-trained opposing force, civilian role-players on the battlefield, high-tech systems which monitor the action and observer-controllers to evaluate unit actions.

For most aviation units supporting JRTC, their primary focus is moving troops and equipment throughout the training area in support of the units being evaluated. For the aviators and crews of Detachment 1, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation, they’ve added another focus – prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan later this year.

“Being here at JRTC gives us a great opportunity to test the skills of our aviators and Soldiers and determine their strengths and abilities to handle high pressure positions before our deployment,” explained Cpt. Jesse Cody, the Rochester-based aviation detachment commander.

The Rochester-based aviation unit operates CH-47 Chinook helicopters, used widely in the Vietnam War and the 1991 Gulf War, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq, it has proven immensely valuable in the mountains of Afghanistan because the twin rotors provide lift at high altitudes and in cold weather.

The heavy lift helicopter can carry between 33 to 55 troops and lift up to 13 tons of cargo slung underneath the fuselage. The helicopter is just under 100 feet long and 19 feet high. It is powered by two turbine engines driving two rotor blades that are 60 feet in diameter.

Nicknamed ‘Kong,’ the Soldiers of Co. B, 3-126th Aviation deployed to Afghanistan twice to support United States forces there. The unit is again preparing to support another overseas deployment in 2017.

“As we get closer to the deployment, we are assigning individual Soldiers and officers into the specific roles they will perform on deployment, so here they gain crew experience in a combat simulated environment,” explained Staff Sgt. Daniel Herley, a flight engineer and acting 1st sergeant for the JRTC rotation.

“Our unit already deployed a couple times, so we have seasoned leaders in place to share and pass down specific knowledge and experience in an operational environment,” said Herley.

The Soldiers deployed to Afghanistan in 2007-08 and the company was recognized as the Army National Guard aviation unit of the year for 2008 by the Army Aviation Association of America for the company’s accomplishments in Afghanistan, including participating in the largest air assault operation in that country since 2002.

In 2012-13 the Soldiers deployed again to Afghanistan to move troops and supplies across the country.

“This training rotation helps our younger, less-experienced Soldiers learn what to expect during our upcoming deployment,” Herley said.

While Detachment 1 is based in Rochester, the other half of the company is part of the Maryland Army National Guard, also here for the training exercise.

“We work closely already and will deploy together, so this is great timing to focus on crew integration between New York and Maryland – our expectation is to have pilots from each state in the same cockpit before we leave here,” said Cody.

The aviators are supporting New York Army National Guard Soldiers of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and another 2,000 Soldiers from other state Army National Guard units, active Army and Army Reserve troops as they hone their skills and practice integrating combat operations ranging from infantry troops engaging in close combat with the enemy to artillery and air strikes.

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