Phillip Warren guides an ammo pallet onto a cargo net. However, before the soldiers touched a sling or moved to the aircraft, SSgt. Regiment, jumped onto the ammunition pallets. Jonathan O'Connor explained how he would guide the helicopter over the slingload ground crew. He grinned, then reassured the group that he would not let the helicopter land on them.
Soldiers prepare for hookup.
With the lectures finished, Spec. Floyd Williams climbed aboard the pallets and waited to begin his test. Using hand signals, O'Connor guided the Chinook's pilot as he moved the aircraft into a hover over Williams. Warren and his assistant, Spec. Daryl Herington, coached Williams as he hooked a foot-long metal ring onto one of the helicopter's three belly mounted cargo hooks.