An Army helicopter takes off, leaving a SEAL team on the ground for training during NE09
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska -- Operators from a west-coast based Navy SEAL team participated in infiltration and exfiltration training as part of Northern Edge 2009 June 15, 2009. Army Task Force 49, 1-52 Aviation Regiment, B company, transported the SEALS in CH-47D "Chinook" helicopters, performing two-wheel landings atop mountainous terrain in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. Exercise Northern Edge is a trainning exercise designed to promote and improve interoperability.
(U.S. Marine Corps Photo/Lance Cpl. Ryan Rholes)