Air Cavalry Gray Eagle troopers undergo culminating exercise

By Staff Sgt. Christopher CalvertOctober 22, 2014

Air Cavalry Gray Eagle troopers undergo culminating exercise
1 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Hector Cartagena (left), an Erie, Pa., native, and Spc. David Ortiz (right) from Santa Clarita, Calif., both unmanned aircraft systems repairers with Company F, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, power down a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Air Cavalry Gray Eagle troopers undergo culminating exercise
2 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. 1st Class Ray Nolan, a Williamsburg, Va., native and aircraft components repair supervisor with the 128th Aviation Brigade, climbs on top of an M1083 cargo truck in preparation to inspect an AN/VRC-103 antenna's functionality during a logistical... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Air Cavalry Gray Eagle troopers undergo culminating exercise
3 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. 1st Class Ray Nolan, a Williamsburg, Va., native, and aircraft components repair supervisor with the 128th Aviation Brigade, inspects an AN/VRC-103 antenna's functionality during a logistical demonstration by companies E and F, 227th Aviation Re... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Air Cavalry Gray Eagle troopers undergo culminating exercise
4 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Troopers with Company E, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, prepare the networking system of an MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system during a logistical demonstration by Companies E and F at West Fort Hood, T... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Air Cavalry Gray Eagle troopers undergo culminating exercise
5 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system is taxied and staged outside its hangar during a logistical demonstration by companies E and F, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at West Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 17. The... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT HOOD, Texas - Unmanned aircraft systems repairers and operators with Companies E and F, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, participated during a logistical demonstration at West Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 17.

The exercise, which spans Oct. 15 to Dec. 19, is meant to validate Soldiers' abilities to execute more than 450 unmanned aircraft systems tasks.