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Army Staff Sgt. Stephen Trala steadies a rope hooked to a litter carrying a simulated casualty as it is hoisted up to a HH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter during a search-and-rescue exercise as part of Vigilant Guard 2016 at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vt., 2016. Trala is a flight medic assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment Air Ambulance. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley Hayes

Rope Steady

Army Staff Sgt. Stephen Trala steadies a rope hooked to a litter carrying a simulated casualty as it is hoisted up to a HH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter during a search-and-rescue exercise as part of Vigilant Guard 2016 at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vt., 2016. Trala is a flight medic assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment Air Ambulance. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley Hayes

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