Multinational soldiers learn sling load operations
Story and photos by U.S. Army Sgt. Samantha Parks 4th Public Affairs Detachment
eployments often provide soldiers opportunities to learn new skills. Soldiers with Multinational Battle Group-East got the opportunity to learn one such new skill during sling load quali?cations at Camp Novo Selo July 13. "Today we did sling load training with the aircraft," said Moroccan Army 1st Lt. Youness Radiousse. "We had to load [equipment] and sling it on the aircraft." The training was a culmination of classroom and hands on instruction taught over several days. U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kyle Harrell, a battle captain for the Forward Control Post, was the lead instructor for the training. "Day one we did classroom [training] and it was all sling load information on how to inspect, how much weight can be used, etc.," Harrell said. "At the tail end of the day, we brought [the class] over to a clam shell and had four cargo nets rigged up. We let them play with the equipment, see how heavy it was, see what it actually felt like." Harrell said most of the ?rst day was focused on disseminating the information and PowerPoint presentations. The second day focused on hands on practice before the actual quali?cation. "The second day we started in the clamshell and rigged all day," Harrell said.
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