Page 11 - The Dispatch May 2019

TEXAS MILITARY DEPARTMENT

(Top) U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (1st Bn, 143 Inf. (A)) don
their parachutes and equipment on the tarmac, prior to an air-
borne insertion during a joint force entry exercise, at Naval Air
Station-Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Fort Worth Texas, March
23, 2019. 1st Bn, 143 Inf. (A) is conducting joint forcible entry ex-
ercise in order to test their ability to jump, assemble and conduct
follow-on combat operations. (U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class
Sean A. Foley)

(Left) U.S. Army National Guard Paratroopers with Scout Platoon,
1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (1st Bn, 143 Inf.
(A)), receive instructions from their jumpmaster, aboard a U.S.
Air Force C-17, during an airborne insertion for a joint force en-
try exercise, into Camp Bullis, near San Antonio, Texas, March 23,
2019. 1st Bn, 143 Inf. (A) is conducting joint forcible entry exer-
cise in order to test their ability to jump, assemble and conduct
follow-on combat operations. (U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class
Sean A. Foley)

(Right) U.S. Air National Guard Loadmaster performs door checks
aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17, prior to handing control of the door to
Army National Guard Jumpmasters, during an airborne insertion
for a joint force entry exercise, into Camp Bullis, near San Antonio,
Texas, March 23, 2019. 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment
(Airborne) is conducting a joint forcible entry exercise in order to
test their ability to jump, assemble and conduct follow-on combat
operations. (U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Sean A. Foley)

(Page 8 bottom) Texas Army National Guardsmen, Staff Sgt. Jona-
thon Andersen, master jump master, communicates with inbound
C-17 Globe Master III during a troop jump by the 1st Battalion
(Airborne), 143rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade in support of
exercise Operation Rapido Strike, March. 23, 2019, at Kelly Field,
Texas. Operation Rapido Strike is a joint forcible entry exercise
consisting of Soldiers parachuting into an airfield in order to com-
mand and control the area for follow on support. (U.S. Air Force
photo by Sarayuth Pinthong)

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