
Soldiers assigned to Task Force First Round practice approaching a UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Soldiers of Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, during cold load training on the Kalispel Indian Reservation, Wash., Aug. 24, 2015. The Task Force Soldiers, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., with the help of the Aviation Soldiers, out of Fort Riley, Kan., are conducting the training to hone their ability to conduct medical evacuations.

Sgt. Chad Carmichael, left, a native of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and a flight heath care specialist assigned to Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kan., goes over the proper procedures used during medical evacuations with Soldiers of Task Force First Round on the Kalispel Indian Reservation, Wash., Aug 24, 2015. The Task Force, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., will work hand-in-hand with Aviators, out of Fort Riley, Kan., if there is ever a need to get injured personnel medical assistance in the fastest time possible.

Soldiers assigned to Task Force First Round prepare to lift a simulated casualty and carry him to a UH-60 Black Hawk assigned to Soldiers of Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, during cold load training on the Kalispel Indian Reservation, Wash., Aug 24, 2015. The Task Force, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., is helping suppress wildfires in the Northeast area of the state and conducted the training to be able to assist with medical evacuations if need be.

