Photo Essay: 89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy

By Scott SturkolAugust 8, 2019

89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
1 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An aircrew member with the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas, provides guidance to a CH-47 Chinook pilot during sling-load training Aug. 1, 2019, for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort Mc... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
2 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Students in the 89B Ammunition Supply Course prepare to connect a mock ammunition pallet to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Aug. 1, 2019, as part of sling-load training at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Chinook and crew are from the 7th... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
3 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Students in the 89B Ammunition Supply Course prepare to connect a mock ammunition pallet to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Aug. 1, 2019, as part of sling-load training at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Chinook and crew are from the 7th... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
4 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Students in the 89B Ammunition Supply Course prepare to connect a mock ammunition pallet to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Aug. 1, 2019, as part of sling-load training at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Chinook and crew are from the 7th... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
5 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Students in the 89B Ammunition Supply Course prepare to connect a mock ammunition pallet to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Aug. 1, 2019, as part of sling-load training at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Chinook and crew are from the 7th... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
6 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An aircrew with the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas, operates a CH-47 Chinook pilot during sling-load training Aug. 1, 2019, for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Ammun... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
7 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An aircrew with the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas, operates a CH-47 Chinook pilot during sling-load training Aug. 1, 2019, for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Ammun... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
8 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An aircrew member with the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas, provides guidance to a CH-47 Chinook pilot during sling-load training Aug. 1, 2019, for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort Mc... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
9 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An aircrew member with the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas, provides guidance to a CH-47 Chinook pilot during sling-load training Aug. 1, 2019, for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort Mc... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
10 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An aircrew member with the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas, provides guidance to a CH-47 Chinook pilot during sling-load training Aug. 1, 2019, for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort Mc... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
11 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Master Sgt. Jack Kenyon, course manager for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course with the 13th Battalion, 100th Regiment at Fort McCoy, Wis., provides lift guidance from a distance Aug. 1, 2019, to a Chinook helicopter crew during sling load training for... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
12 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Master Sgt. Jack Kenyon, course manager for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course with the 13th Battalion, 100th Regiment at Fort McCoy, Wis., provides lift guidance from a distance Aug. 1, 2019, to a Chinook helicopter crew during sling load training for... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
89B Ammunition Supply Course students build sling-loading skills at Fort McCoy
13 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An aircrew with the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas, operates a CH-47 Chinook pilot during sling-load training Aug. 1, 2019, for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Ammun... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Students in the 89B Ammunition Supply Course connected a mock ammunition pallet to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Aug. 1, 2019, as part of sling-load training at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The Chinook and crew are from the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment of New Century, Kansas.

The Ammunition Supply Course, taught by the 13th Battalion, 100th Regiment at Fort McCoy, is a four-week course that provides training for Soldiers who are reclassifying to the 89B military occupational specialty.

The sling-load training is one of the last major training events during the course.

A sling load is used to transport munitions to remote locations or to expedite shipments in hostile locations. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching "ftmccoy," and on Twitter by searching "usagmccoy."