Task Force Ready and Task Force Pirate have a rendezvous with destiny

By Sgt. Duncan Brennan (101st Airborne)November 29, 2012

Before take off
1 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 1st Lt. Austen Hoopes, C Company, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, Task Force Pirate AH-64 Apache helicopter pilot, a native of Maricopa, Ariz., inspects the 30mm cannon on an Apache helicopter in Kunduz Province, Afghanis... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Before you take off
2 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 1st Lt. Austen Hoopes, C Company, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, Task Force Pirate AH-64 Apache helicopter pilot, a native of Maricopa, Ariz., inspects the 30mm cannon on an Apache helicopter in Kunduz Province, Afghani... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Ammunition and the Apache
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Ammunition and the Apache
4 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spc. Casey Matheson, D Company, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment , Utah National Guard, Task Force Pirate armament specialist, a native of Kamas Utah, bends the metal clip that holds 30mm ammunition to ensure reliable and expedient loading into... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Ammunition and the Apache
5 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spc. Casey Matheson, D Company, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, Task Force Pirate armament specialist, a native of Kamas, Utah, removes and empty clip that held 30mm ammunition to ensure that loose objects are accounted f... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Ammunition and the Apache
6 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spc. Casey Matheson, D Company, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, Task Force Pirate armament specialist, a native of Kamas Utah, checks the feeding of rounds to ensure reliable and expedient loading of 30mm ammunition into... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Inventory
7 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Pvt. 1st Class Christopher Maszaros, D Company, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade UH-60 Black Hawk mechanic, a native of Richmond, Va., and Spc. Richard Strickland, D 1-158th, 12th CAB UH-60 Black Hawk mechanic, a native of ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Safety is in the shoveling
8 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Lt. Col. Greg Hartvigsen, commander, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, Task Force Pirate and native of Kaysville, Utah and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deena Syddall, C Company, 1-211 AVN AH-64 Apache helicopter pilot, a native ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Before you take off
9 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Pat Ebert, D Company, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, Task Force Pirate power plant mechanic, a native of Salt Lake City, Utah checks electrical wiring during a phase maintenance on an AH-64 Apache helicopter in Kun... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Mail call
10 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Tearsha Wallace, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, Task force Pirate human resources noncommissioned officer, a native of Sigurd, Utah offloads packages into the battalion mail r... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Building the NCO Core
11 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Staff Sgt. Shannon Knorr, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, supply sergeant, a native of Riverton, Utah and 1st Sgt. Bryan Smethurst, HHC, 1-211 AVN of the Utah National Guard conduct an end-of-tour counsel... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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