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"Rig, de-rig, rotate. Then we put de?ciencies in [the rigs] for them to inspect, so when they [practiced] inspecting them, they would ?nd the de?ciency and they were very good at it." U.S. Army Pfc. Zachariah Hall said it was his ?rst time conducting sling loads. "It was a good experience," Hall said. "We got to help [the foreign nationals] learn a lot of stuff and we learned a lot of stuff as well." French, Moroccan, Turkish and U.S. soldiers all participated in the training. Radiousse said training like this is very helpful and he really enjoyed working with the U.S. "It gave us a lot of information and it was new for me because this was my ?rst time doing training like this," Radiosse said. "I learned a lot of information like how to pick up and how to safely use the sling load equipment." Radiousse added that he would like to do more training in the future and practice taking sling loads to an actual camp. "There is practical application for this [training]," Harrell said. "During the winter when we can't drive vehicles to resupply camps, we will have to do it by sling load." As far as any future training goes, Harrell said they are planning more. "These guys want to do [sling load] Humvees," Harrell added. Harrell believes the training went smoothly and the experience of working with soldiers from many nations was terri?c. "There was a big learning curve for us as instructors teaching the [foreign nationals] because a lot of them don't speak English very well," Harrell said. "Everybody had a translator, but it was pretty remarkable to see how much they picked up on. It was a great time and a lot of fun."
Soldiers from Multinational Battle Group-East conduct sling load training at Camp Novo Selo July 13. Multinational troops spent several days going over classroom training and equipment familiarization on sling load operations before the ?nal practical exercise to be certi?ed in sling load operations.
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