Video

Video by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Kimball

Colorado National Guard

April 4, 2018 | 4:13

180404-Z-CZ106-1001 - Video

00:00 - 00:15 - Crew members of a Search and Rescue UH-60 Blackhawk travel to a report of a stranded person in need of rescue for Exercise Alpine Guard 2018

00:15 - 01:12 - Flight medic Staff Sgt. Jolene Davis, crew chief Sgt. Billy Hallgren, both with the Colorado Army National Guard and Kelly Lucy, Qualified member of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group prepare for and execute hoist training in Elbert County, Colorado.

01:12 - 01:38 - Sgt. Billy Hallgren, crew chief, prepares to receive the exercise ‘victim’ from the ground as the Blackhawk circles.

01:38 - 01:54 - Gerrit Padgham is ‘rescued’ via hoist from Elbert County exercise ‘flooding’

01:54 - 02:17 - UH-60 flown by pilot CW2 Dan Millington and co-pilot CW2 Rick Peevy circles the extraction point as Staff Sgt. Jolene Davis and Kelly Lucy await pickup.

02:17 - 02:38 - Staff Sgt. Jolene Davis and Kelly Lucy are hoisted back to the UH-60 Blackhawk.

02:38 - 04:07 - Staff Sgt. Jolene Davis and Sgt. Billy Hallgren perform hoist training at Buckley Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado.

04:07 - 04:13 - Sgt. Billy Hallgren, Kelly Lucy, Gerrit Padgham, arrive back at Buckley AFB.