Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mark Ward, center left, briefs crew members on safety before conducting rescue hoist training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 21, 2015. Ward is a pilot assigned to the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard. The training included deploying a jungle penetrator device and practicing a simulated casualty evacuation with soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena