Pathfinder FTX

Credit: Spc. Andrew Mendoza | Date Taken: 07/21/2023
U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, complete Pathfinder School at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, July 21, 2023. The Pathfinder course teaches all aspects of sling load operations, including the responsibilities of units and elements, capabilities and characteristics of the equipment, the basics of sling load theory, ground crew safety procedures and responsibilities, hand and arm signals, and the methods of rigging common loads. (U.S. Army Reserve video by Spc. Andrew Mendoza)