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U.S. military leaders participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony.

March 15, 2023

Building dedication honors Army helicopter repairer

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The 2nd Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment dedicated their new training facility as Jacoby Hall, after the late U.S Army Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby, in a memorialization ceremony on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, March 14, 2023.

U.S. Air Force students assigned to the 362d Training Squadron, Detachment 1, HH-60W helicopter repair course, replace the center stabilator box on a HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter simulator at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 21, 2023. The new course started Jan. 16, and will prepare about 90 students with the 2A5X2 Air Force Specialty Code per year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Anthony Nin Leclerec)

March 9, 2023

The Jolly Green step into new course

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — After 30 years of being part of an Army-driven HH-60 helicopter repair curriculum, the Air Force has stepped out on their own.

U.S. Army Pfc. Nicholas Unangst, left, 1st Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment, 15H student, asks Sgt. Shawn Wright, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment, instructor, a question about the aviation ground power unit during hands-on training to become an aircraft pneudraulic repairer at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, January 23, 2023. During the 14 week-long course, students will learn to perform maintenance on aviation pneudraulic systems such as landing gear, rudders, and brakes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Abraham Essenmacher)

Feb. 8, 2023

JBLE maintains the flow of hydraulic mechanics

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Hydraulics are required in all aviation airframes, from starting the aircraft, to landing gear, and the ability to overcome the aerodynamic feedback forces generated in flight. For the U.S. Army, this also requires a constant flow of Soldiers to pass through the 128th Aviation Brigade’s aircraft pneudraulics repairer, 15H military operational specialty (MOS), course at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The 14-week long course provides Soldiers with the critical starting point to learn about pneudraulic systems, properties, and tools of the trade for the 15H, ultimately keeping helicopters mission ready.

U.S. Army Pvt. Travis McCool, 128th Aviation Brigade, 210th Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion, Advanced Individual Training student, inspects the tip of an electrical wire on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter simulator at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Dec. 15, 2022. Approximately 250 new Soldiers pass though the 128th Aviation Brigade’s aircraft electrician ‘15F’ military occupational specialty course each year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Abraham Essenmacher)

Dec. 21, 2022

JBLE: Where aircraft electricians are made

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Approximately 250 new Soldiers pass though the 128th Aviation Training Brigades aircraft electrician ‘15F’ military occupational specialty course each year, providing the Army a continuous supply of Soldiers to keep its helicopters airborne and operational.

U.S. Soldiers with the 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), operate Rough Terrain Cargo Handlers to load cargo containers onto rail cars at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, November 16, 2022. The cargo containers are filled with supplies that will support the National Science Foundation at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, which is part of Operation Deep Freeze. (U.S. Air Force photo by Abraham Essenmacher)

Dec. 2, 2022

Operation Deep Freeze gets underway at JBLE

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Approximately 100 U.S. Soldiers with the 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) and the 331st Modular Causeway Company have been loading equipment and supplies to support Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

U.S. Army Spc. Desiree Veloz, U.S. Army Medical Department Activity McDonald Army Health Center biomedical equipment specialist, sips water as she donates blood during an Armed Services Blood Program blood drive at McDonald Army Health Center, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Oct. 19, 2022.

Oct. 25, 2022

Blood drive held at McDonald Army Health Center

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The McDonald Army Health Center hosted an Armed Services Blood Program blood drive, Oct. 13, 2022.

Sgt. Judah Sibetang, 331st Transportation Company, 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), coxswain, stands along the starboard-side railing of a Class B warping tug vessel at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, September 21, 2022.

Oct. 5, 2022

A Soldier’s heritage finds a career as an Army Mariner

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The U.S. Army has approximately 29,000 Soldiers who identify as Asian Pacific Islander, which is larger than the current population of the Republic of Palau, the island nation where Sgt. Judah Sibetang was born and lived for 20 years.

Sept. 27, 2022

Suicide Awareness Month at JBLE

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, which marks a time to raise awareness and promote discussion of this often taboo and stigmatized subject.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Montana Matthew Ellis, Charlie Company, 1-210th Aviation Regiment, 15N Avionics Mechanic Instructor, provides instruction to students during hands-on training class at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, September 12, 2022. Students assigned to the avionics mechanics schoolhouse learn general subjects, improved basic electronics training, data networking, communications, navigation systems, automatic flight control systems, and aircraft survivability equipment prior to reporting to their first duty assignment. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Abraham Essenmacher)

Sept. 23, 2022

128th Aviation Brigade: Where Avionics Mechanics are made

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Instructors assigned to 1st Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment, 128th Aviation Brigade at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, play a critical role in keeping the U.S. Army’s Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters operational, involving training and educating the next generation of avionic mechanics, the 15N military occupational specialty.

Aug. 25, 2022

Women’s Equality Day; Past to Present

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Women have continued to press forward to ensure the march for equality continues. This includes contributions from women who have served and continue to serve in uniform.