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DUSTOFF Awarded Goodrich International Hoist Rescue of the Year

Posted by General Support Aviation Battalion on Monday, February 13, 2012, In : Awards

The DUSTOFF crew who were awarded the Air/Sea Rescue of the Year award from Quad A were flown to Dallas, TX last week and received the award at the Adolphus hotel - where Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Sabiston was a guest speaker. The crowd was made up of hoist operators and pilots from everywhere as well as an author who makes shows for the History Channel and National Geographic. The crew was selected from quite a few entries from every country in the world - both military and civilian.

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Phoenix Soldiers Receive UH-60 Maintainer Award

Posted by General Support Aviation Battalion on Thursday, February 9, 2012, In : Awards

Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amanda Jo Brown

FORT DRUM, N.Y. – U.S. Army Maj. Michael Hale, operations officer in charge, Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, received the Sikorsky Black Hawk Maintainers award from U.S. Army Lt. Col. Clark, in the Task Force Knighthawk conference room on Wheeler-Sack Airfield here Feb. 2. The unit was awarded the plaque for the highest average fully mission capable UH-60 Black Hawk rate in 2010. U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald Dvorsky, TF Phoe...

Phoenix Earns Dept. of the Army Level Award

Posted by General Support Aviation Battalion on Friday, February 3, 2012, In : Awards

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Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, recently earned a Department of the Army level award for the quality of its work during their Operation Enduring Freedom tour from 2010 to 2011.

Near the end of 2011, the unit submitted information for the Lt. Gen. Ellis D. Parker Award for Top Army Aviation Battalion in the combat support category.
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DUSTOFF - Making the Front Page!!!

Posted by General Support Aviation Battalion on Friday, February 3, 2012, In : Awards

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An aviation crew with C Company “Dustoff,” Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, recently earned an Army Aviation Association of America National Award for a mission conducted in June 2011 in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan.

The Air/Sea Rescue of the Year award was presented to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Erik Sabiston, pilot in command, Jan. 25 at Fort Rucker, Ala.

Check out this front page story here: http://www.drum.army.mil/mountaineer/Article.aspx?ID=6135

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U.S. Army Sgt. Amanda Jo Brown

Fort Drum, N.Y.

Telling the TF Phoenix story has been very rewarding. While it is out of my Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) it is not out of my realm of knowledge. I am an English Literature major who has been writing and submitting pieces for publication for as long as I can remember. I took part in the school newspaper first as a photographer, then to a reporter/photographer, and finally to an editor in less than a year. This job is a fantastic learning experience and has allowed me to get my writing into the post newspaper - which has been a dream come true in many aspects. My first publication happened on the day of my birthday this year. It was the best present ever! Photography is also one of my great passions as well. Ever since I could hold a camera I was taking photographs. I started with a Mickey Mouse 110 film format camera (don't laugh!) and ran around everywhere capturing life on film. It was liberating at the age of 5 to 6 to have such power at my fingertips!!! Over the years I upgraded, finally getting my first Single Lens Reflex (SLR - i.e. maual) camera when I was in sixth grade. Then, I started playing with a Minolta rangefinder 35mm camera. As the years went on, I continued upgrading until I got into the latest and greatest digital Canon SLR with all the bells and whistles I could have ever dreamed for in a camera. Put a camera in my hand and it feels like it has always been a part of me....

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