Army Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Burgess, a native of Overland Park, Kan., assigned to the U.S. Army Pathfinder School as an instructor, helps train students in sling load operations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. The mission of the U.S. Army Pathfinder School provides a three week course in which students navigate dismounted, establish and operate a day/night helicopter landing zone,  a day/night Air Force Computed Air Release Point drop zone, Army drop zones, conduct sling load operations, and provide air traffic control as well as navigational assistance to rotary and fixed wing aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
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Justin Connaher
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