FORT POLK, La. — Soldiers with the 41st Transportation Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, spent July 2 on the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk’s Honor ...

An aircrew with the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas, operates a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Feb. 7, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., to support sling-load training for the 89B ...

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook and a HH-60 Black Hawk, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conduct sling load operations in Panama ...

The three phases of training are combat assault, sling-load operations, and rappelling. All students must first survive the physically challenging "day zero." Visit Insider's homepage for more stories ...

A December 2011 report in the Wall Street Journal discussed the growing importance of U.S. military airdropped supplies into combat areas such as Afghanistan. Ensuring supply airdrops in future ...

The Army may close its historic Pathfinder School, a three-week program that teaches troops to prepare drop zones and landing zones ahead of a larger assault force, according to personnel familiar ...

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division conduct sling-load training operations at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, Oct. 20, 2025. The sling-load training prepared the Soldiers for rapid ...