Coast Guard Trains with Army Aviation off Honduras

摘要

A UH-60 Black Hawk of the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, completed Deck Landing Qualifications (DLQ) in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754) off Honduras' northern coast. DLQs concluded the Battalion's third phase of overwater survival training, designed to ensure aircrew members have confidence in their abilities to respond to overwater emergencies, such as downed aircraft, disaster relief response, aero-medical evacuations or Search and Rescue (SAR) missions over open water. "Our aviators' ability to respond and perform in an overwater survival scenario is critical in this environment," said U.S. Army Colonel Steven Gventer, Commander of JTF-B.