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PHOTOS COURTESY OF 16TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE
TRAINING. (Left) U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 46th Aviation Support Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade connect equipment to a UH-60M Black Hawk heli-
copter during downed aircraft recovery team training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., March 10. (Right) U.S. Army 1st Lt. Philip Kocher briefs Soldiers during downed aircraft recovery team training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., March 10.
16TH CAB CONDUCTS DART TRAINING AT JBLM By Capt. Brian H. Harris University Place Press Correspondent
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ne of the primary roles of 46th Aviation Support Battalion is providing maintenance to keep the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade’s aircraft ready for training and missions. While this maintenance is generally done inside the relative safety of dedicated military facilities, 46th ASB also has the responsibility for responding to maintenance issues that occur outside of the wire, which includes the worst-case scenario of a downed aircraft. Soldiers of 46th ASB’s Bravo Company honed their technical and tactical skills during a downed aircraft recovery team
“This training benefitted Soldiers by training them to recover downed aircraft in a combat environment, which is one of our unit's missions.” – Sgt. Alexander Spaulding exercise here, March 10. “The purpose of this training was to educate Soldiers on DART procedures,
and get them some hands-on experience,” said 1st Lt. Philip Kocher, maintenance platoon leader.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MARKS RECORD EVEN BEFORE EXPANSION OPENS PHOTO COURTESY OF DOTTY JACKL
EGG HUNT. The Lions Club 2013 Easter event saw
over 100 children hunting for eggs, the Club hopes to top that number this year.
UP LIONS CLUB HOSTS EASTER CELEBRATION By Derek Shuck
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Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the Lions Club International, an organization dedicated to service throughout the world. With over 1.4 million members, the Lions Club is the largest service organization in the world, and has a variety of homes across the Northwest, including University Place. The University Place Lion’s Club was founded more than 50 years ago, and since then, its members have dedicated themselves to improving the area through
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Two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters with 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion flew to the training area to provide Soldiers the opportunity to work on the same type of aircraft they might have to recover in a combat zone. “This training benefitted Soldiers by training them to recover downed aircraft in a combat environment, which is one of our unit's missions,” said Sgt. Alexander Spaulding, UH-60 helicopter repairer. While rain fell, Soldiers moved to the parked aircraft with the unit maintenance aerial recovery kit, and began the complicated process of attaching various ropes, chains and other equipment to the aircraft. “Soldiers were trained on loading an u See TRAINING / page 8
CONGRATULATIONS TWELFIE SPIRIT CONTEST WINNERS
By Steve Dunkelberger stevedunkel@universityplacepress.net
The ongoing renovations at the Chambers Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant marked a milestone this month with Mortenson Construction reporting that its crews worked a million hours at the construction site without a single hour lost by injury. The project will tally about 1.2 million hours by the time the renovations go online later this year after four years of renovation work to upgrade the plant’s capacity and efficiencies. Between 300 and 400 people work at the construction site each day. “One million hours worked without a lost-time injury is a rare milestone, and something that our team and craft workers should take great pride in,” said Tom Paul, Mortenson Construction’s Environmental General Manager. “We look forward to delivering this u See WASTEWATER / page 8
Nuri Avcular (left) and his children Emre, Ayse and Ömer were all recognized at the March 21 council meeting by Council Member Denise McCluskey (#12) as the winners of the Seahawks Twelfie Spirit photo contest. Thanks for all who participated and a big thanks to Council Member McCluskey and the Avcular family.
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