DoD in Action: N.M. Guard moves rare fossil; Dunford, Carter visit Asia
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Company C, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation, UH-60 Black Hawk crew consisting of pilots Maj. Daniel Purcell and Capt. Kevin Doo, and crew chiefs Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Cahill and Sgt. Saul Monarez airlift a unique sling load of a baby Pentaceratops dinosaur skull out of the Bisti/De-na-zin Wilderness Area Oct. 29, 2015. Sgt. Bryan Haworth and Spc. Alonzo Romero, both of 1st Battalion 200th Infantry, hook the 4,500 pounds load onto the belly of the aircraft.
The New Mexico Army National Guard conducted a civil-military community support project Oct. 28-29, assisting the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in transporting 65 million-year-old Pentaceratops dinosaur fossils from the Bisti and Ah-Shi-Sle-pah Wilderness Areas to the museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Anna Doo, New Mexico National Guard Public Affairs)
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