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Gayler 10 Chief Warrant Officer of the Branch Update By CW5 Joseph B. Roland 12 Branch Command Sergeant Major Update By CSM Gregory M. Chambers and LTC Thomas W. Bamford 14 Reserve Components Avation Update By BG Scott R. Morcomb 10 16 128th Aviation Brigade Update By SSG Zachary T. Barber 18 AMRDEC Tech Talk By Mr. Christopher “Kit” Borden 20 Ask the Flight Surgeon By MAJ Sonya Heidt, MD 22 Combat Readiness Center Update By COL James T. Donovan 24 SPECIAL FOCUS — Training 24 Aviation Training Update By COL Brian Walsh, LTC Ken Smith, and Mr. Ron Moring 28 Aviation Training and the ATP Commander By MAJ Trenten J. Short 30 National Training Center Eagle Team Update By LTC John Broam, MAJ Jesse Blanton, and CPT James Antonides 34 Integrated Air Defense Artillery Replication Efforts at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center 30 By LTC Mark Lent, MAJ Beau Rollie, and CW4 Mike Spalsbury ARMY AVIATION Magazine 3 July 31, 2017 Contents July 31, 2016, Vol. 66, No. 7 37 SPECIAL FOCUS — Simulation 37 AVCATT: Understanding the Challenges of Unintended Consequences By Mr. Wade Becnel 40 Aviation Collective Training at a Crossroads By Mr. Daniel Finch 42 RDECOM Prepares Soldiers With Innovative Simulation And Training 42 By CSM James P. Snyder 46 FROM THE FIELD 46 Maple Resolve 2017 By LTC David L. Magness 49 End of an Era – The Last Army Residents Graduate NAMI RAM MAJ Courtney J. Hayes 46 DEPARTMENTS AAAA NEWS AAAA President’s Cockpit ......................................................................................................7 AAAA VP Chapter Affairs .....................................................................................................54 Chapter News .......................................................................................................................56 AAAA VP Membership .........................................................................................................58 New Members .....................................................................................................................59 AAAA Family Forum ...............................................................................................................62 AAAA Legislative Report ......................................................................................................65 AAAA Scholarship Foundation ..........................................................................................52 57 ARMY AVIATION COMMUNITY NEWS Advertisers Index ....................................................................................................................64 Art’s Attic ..................................................................................................................................... 70 Briefings .........................................................................................................................................6 Calendar ..................................................................................................................................... 57 Enlisted Soldier Spotlight .....................................................................................................59 Hall of Fame ................................................................................................................................ 71 Historical Perspective ...........................................................................................................50 Industry News ...........................................................................................................................64 In Memoriam ..............................................................................................................................61 62 Letters to the Editor................................................................................................................69 People on the Move ..............................................................................................................66 ARMY AVIATION is the official journal of the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA). 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