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 AMALGAM VIRGO Exercise 2004 To view more photos, click here (3 Pages of photos, may take a minute to load) |
 2nd Squad, Bravo Co., 1st Satellite Control Battalion takes defensive and aggressive measures as they prepare to enter a building occupied by opposing forces. |
 Sgt. Brett Elms enters the tortuous embrace of the Weaver, a particularly challenging obstacle at Fort A.P. Hill’s obstacle course. |
 Teamwork and brains are required to finish the task during the confidence course portion of Alpha Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion’s first ever field training exercise |
 Spc. Joshua Rodriguez braces Sgt. Christopher Foster on his shoulders as 1st Squad, Bravo Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion figures out a way to complete a task in the Leadership Reaction Course during a field training exercise. |
 Cpl. Chad Duncan, left, and Sgt. Eric Erisman, center, surge to the front as their squad negotiates a “toothed” obstacle. . |
 Sgt. Eric Erisman, B Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion, conquers an obstacle. |
 Climbing high, Alpha Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion Soldiers overcome obstacles. |
Wooden “monkey bars” with widely spaced poles present a challenge to Alpha Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion Soldiers. |
 Pfc. Andrew Sanders, B Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion, destroys his targets with the M-9 pistol during the final event in the 241st Military Police Company's Annual Shooting Skills Competition held recently at Fort Meade, Md. |
 Spc. Tyler Alcos ensures a building is clear of potential opposing forces as his squad advances on a target |
 Delta Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion, Camp Roberts, Calif., wandered off the beaten path – literally. Looking for somewhere to run other than the desolate streets of post, Delta Co. took their workout to the beach -- Morro Bay to be precise. |
 Members of the 1st Space Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company receive a safety briefing prior to undergoing their weekly sergeants’ time training. |
 Members of the 1st Space Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company strap a “wounded” Soldier to a stretcher before evacuating him during medevac training. Crewmembers of Detachment 1, 126th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) based out of Reno, Nev., facilitated the training. |
 Members of the 1st Space Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company strap one of their own to a stretcher during training. |
 1st Sgt. Rose Lord, right, tosses a grenade at an enemy target as Sgt. Michelle Hosey provides cover. |
 Sgt. Josh Brown, back, covers Pfc. James Beall as he stealthily approaches an unseen enemy bunker. |
 Spc. Josh Wilson and Spc. Matt Hagen probe the ground for mines during D Company, 1st SATCON’s CTT training. |
 Spc. Glenn Jones, left, and Spc. George Maille make windage and elevation adjustments to their weapons. |
 Sgt. Todd Ricard watches closely while Staff Sgt. Carlos Harrison, supply sergeant, makes minor repairs to a weapon during a Delta Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion range qualification. |
 Soldiers of Delta Company, 1st SATCON Battalion don Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear, preparing to enter the dreaded chamber. |
 A Cadet's eye-view of an FTX with B Co. Dragons Sgt. Joshua Lowell, left, and Spc. Tyler Alcos, B Company, 1st SATCON Battalion, contemplate the steep climb ahead of them during the obstacle course portion of their unit's FTX. (Photo by Capt. Thaddeus Underwood) |
 B Co., 1st SATCON Bn. leads the way in its first-ever FTX Staff Sgt. Harry Osborne and Staff Sgt. Nakia Maxon, B Company, 1st SATON Battalion, jump over an obstacle in almost perfect unison while running the obstacle course during their unit's FTX. (Photo by Capt. Thaddeus Underwood) |
 Spc. Kenneth Smith, A Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion, makes adjustments to communications equipment during a June field exercise he and other unit soldiers participated in in support of the South Dakota National Guard. (Photo by Spc. Taito Taylor) |