Soldiers from the Headquarters Support Company, 601st Aviation Support Battalion, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, participated in a company Dry Fire, while on rotation in Illesheim, Germany. During the training, Soldiers were able to react to contact while in a company convoy.

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When I first found out about the training, I gotta allow I was a little nervous. So this is on aviation. So this is not something I do every day. So we were practicing convoy, live fire drills. We were using the BFAs on the 50 cals, 249s, and 240s, along with M4s. The training, it starts off slow. We drive through once, then we integrate into BFAs using our weapon systems, and we integrate into actually calling up nine lines and the salt reports and the lace reports. And the training was steady, and it was consistent. We were actually able to engage on the Op 4. It was good for my guys, and this is something we do very little of, if we do at all. The training is helpful in the aspect of future deployments. If we ever have to secure an airfield, we are able to convoy out there safely and react if we are engaged.