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Cecil 34 22 128th Aviation Brigade Update By SFC Matthew Harris 24 AMRDEC Tech Talk By Mr. Daniel McClintock 26 Ask the Flight Surgeon By CPT Frank Stafford, D.O. SPECIAL FOCUS — Simulation & Training 28 Doctrine Update By COL George G. Ferido and COL Jimmy L. Meacham, U.S. 36 Army Retired 30 Common Challenges and Means to Mitigate Them By LTC Eric Megerdoomian and numerous DES SMEs 34 Building Aviation Readiness & Lethality at the National Training Center By LTC Clint Cody, LTC Peter Schmitt, and LTC Cameron Gallagher 36 Focusing on the Deep Fight to Build Lethality: A JMRC Perspective By MAJ Troy Gillett and MAJ Durward Johnson 38 Reflections on a Year in Atropia – Good, Bad, and Ugly 38 By LTC Jason Davis ARMY AVIATION Magazine 3 July 31, 2019 42 Contents SAVE THE BATTLES July 31, 2019, Vol. 68, No. 7 FOR THE FIELD. 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The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense5 (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute July 31,DoD 2019endorsement. Briefings u Late Breaking News - Announcements POTUS Taps Esper as Edward Daly, deputy commanding general Publisher / William R. Harris Jr. Acting SECDEF/McCarthy of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, during Editor / CW4 (Ret.) Joseph L. Pisano Sr. as Acting SECARMY a June 10 assumption of command cer- [email protected] President Donald Trump an- emony at Bob Jones Auditorium, Redstone nounced that Secretary of Arsenal, AL. AMCOM Executive Director, Mr. Associate Editor / CW5 Adam Jarvis the Army Mark T. Esper (left) William Marriott, and senior enlisted leader, [email protected] would take over as Acting CSM Mike Dove participated. A career Army Secretary of Defense and Aviator, this is Royar’s second time being Director of Design & Production Under Secretary of the Army assigned to AMCOM. He previously served Anne H. Ewing Ryan McCarthy would be- as the AMCOM Chief of Staff from 2015 to DOD PHOTO BY LISA FERDINANDO [email protected] come Acting Secretary of the 2017. He returns to AMCOM from his most Web Edition / Trudy Hodenfield Army on June 24th. Esper recent assignment with the 101st Airborne [email protected] is backfilling the void left by Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, KY, Acting Secretary of Defense where he served as the deputy commanding Contributing Editor / Mark Albertson Patrick Shanahan’s with- general for support. [email protected] drawal of his nomination for Koziol New CWOB Family Forum Editor / Judy Konitzer the top Pentagon post. Presi- [email protected] ADAN CAZAREZ ARMY PHOTO BY CPT U.S. dent Trump subsequently announced his intent to nominate Esper for Advertising Director / Robert C. Lachowski secretary of defense, and McCarthy as secre- [email protected] tary of the Army. McCarthy had served for four months in 2017 as the acting Army secretary. Advertising Manager / Erika Burgess [email protected] Francis Takes Over USAACE Marketing Director / Jennifer Chittem [email protected] VP Business Development / Sal D. Lucci [email protected] U.S. ARMY U.S. PHOTO Circulation Department CW5 Jonathan P. Koziol receives the charter Deb Cavallaro as the eighth Chief Warrant Officer of the Debbie Coley Aviation Branch from MG William K. Gayler, Elisabeth Mansson then-commanding general of the U.S. Army Sue Stokes MORRIS ARMY PHOTO BY KELLY U.S. Aviation Center of Excellence