FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- New York Army National Guard aviators of the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation sling-load a trailer of water, known as a water buffalo, to the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team here on May 20. The aviators delivered the water buffalo to a supply area maintained by the brigade's 427th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB). About 3,000 brigade troops trained here from May 19 to 22 to rehearse for their exercise at the Army's Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana in July. The 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation is part of the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade.
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