Army Sgt. 1st Class Joe Ooley, a native of Martinsville,

Army Sgt. 1st Class Joe Ooley, a native of Martinsville, Ind., assigned to the U.S. Army Pathfinder School as an instructor, speaks with student Army 1st Lt. Paul Roters, a native of Littleton, Colo., assigned to Alpha Company, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, train under U.S. Army Pathfinder School instructors in sling load operations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. The mission of the U.S. Army Pathfinder School provides a three week course in which students navigate dismounted, establish and operate a day/night helicopter landing zone, a day/night Air Force Computed Air Release Point drop zone, Army drop zones, conduct sling load operations, and provide air traffic control as well as navigational assistance to rotary and fixed wing aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)

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