UH-60 Helicopter FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

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U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Mason Lansdale, UH-60 Helicopter Repairer, Alpha Company 2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, 244th Expeditionary Combat Brigade, trains and prepares for a progression flight to further his journey of becoming a Crew Chief, at Simmons Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, July 16, 2025. Lansdale shared how he and his wife, who is also a UH-60 Helicopter Repairer, continue to stay mission ready and resilient to adapt as the news of his unit shutting down. Army Reserve Aviation Command is scheduled to shut down operations of all rotary wing assets by September 15, 2026 per Army Transformation Initiative (ATI) EXORD 222-25.

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00:00My current job is a 15 Tango aircraft maintainer but I also fly with a flight crew and I do crew

00:21chief duties in the back of the helicopter. My wife is in the Army she's also a crew chief. She

00:26flies with 382 out of the 82nd Airborne and she's in the same boat I am progressing and trying to get

00:31to where she's a full-time crew. Outside the Army I used to work for a oil and fuel research company.

00:36I did a large engine testing and mechanical repair of like large engines and like to test fixtures

00:43and things like that. My next step is gonna be to stay in the reserve to be able to keep what I

00:51already started going with the aviation going away and the reserve had to laterally transfer into

00:57something else to be able to stay with the Army because I really enjoy being there. So both of us

01:03being in the Army me not being full-time and her being full-time there are stressors with it but

01:07at the same time like if you're doing your job and you're acclimated to the Army it's not hard you just

01:14have to understand that I know she has responsibilities and I have responsibilities and we both work

01:18together to meet in the middle on those things. My next goal is to find somewhere to fly and make

01:22sure that I can do my job there so it's even though we're getting shut down it's still important to go

01:26through the training and do everything the way you're supposed to do it and just be a good all-around soldier.

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