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Fort Novosel Warrant Officer Ruel D. Lindsay II is recognized for his response to a medical emergency that occurred during the USAACEE Best Squad/Drill Sergeant of the Year competition.
2 U.S. Army Aviation Soldiers, family, and friends gathered on Howze Field to welcome a new chief warrant officer of the aviation branch to the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker during a change of responsibility ceremony May 27, 2021.
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael Myke L. Lewis Jr., incoming chief warrant officer of the Aviation Branch, assumed responsibility from Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jonathan P. Koziol as the officer saber passed to him from ceremony host Maj. Gen. David J. Francis, USAACE and Fort Rucker commanding general.
The saber is one of the most enduring weapons on the battlefield and is symbolic of technical and tactical skill, which are fundamental characteristics of today’s warrant officer.
Fort Rucker, Army Aviation bid bittersweet farewell to TH-67 Creek By Jim Hughes, Fort Rucker Public Affairs | February 19, 2021
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Army Aviation bid a bittersweet farewell to an old friend that an estimated 90 percent of its aviators learned to fly in when it hosted its TH-67 Creek Final Flight ceremony at Cairns Army Airfield Feb. 17.
The fire department at Cairns gives one of the TH-67s at the ceremony a farewell hose down. This aircraft has the distinction of being the first TH-67 at Fort Rucker, arriving in 1993. Jim Hughes Photo
Two TH-67s, escorted by an AH-64 Apache, two UH-60 Black Hawks and a CH-47 Chinook, first flew to Howze Field for a salute from Brig. Gen. Stanley Budraitis, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker deputy commanding general, Col. George Ferido, commander, 110th Aviation Brigade, and CW5 Jonathan Koziol, chief warrant officer of the Aviation Branch, then on to Cairns for a hose down co
BY KELLY MORRIS
USAACE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence bid farewell to its outgoing Aviation Branch command sergeant major, and welcomed its new leader during a change of responsibility ceremony on Howze Field Nov. 20.
Command Sgt. Maj. James D. Wilson, inÂcoming CSM of the Aviation Branch accepted responsibility from outgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Brian N. Hauke during the ceremonial passing of the Aviation Branch colors as officiatÂed by Maj. Gen. David J. Francis, USAACE and Fort Rucker commanding general.
During the ceremony, Hauke and wife Maj. Christi A. Hauke also were officially retired from the Army.