Army News Service (Dec. 11, 2006): Army unveils Light Utility Helicopter UH-72A Lakota.COLUMBUS, Miss. -- Gen. Richard A. Cody General Richard A. Cody became the 31st Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army, on June 24, 2004. General Cody was born in Montpelier, Vermont, on 2 August 1950. He was commissioned a second lieutenant upon graduation in 1972 from the United States Military Academy. , Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and Joe RedCloud, a chief of the Oglala Sioux Oglala Sioux: see Sioux. Tribe, Lakota Nation, accepted the Army's first Lakota Light Utility Helicopter Multi-purpose helicopter capable of lifting troops but may be used in a command and control, logistics, casualty evacuation or armed helicopter role. , UH-72A, in a ceremony here today. "The Light Utility Helicopter--from concept development to material fielding to rapid deployment--is not only serving as a catalyst for change across the Army, it is also accelerating the speed of Army aviation modernization and integration with other Services and government agencies," said Cody. The Army has a long-standing tradition of using American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. names, such as terms, tribes, and chiefs for its helicopters. In the case of the Lakota aircraft, the linkage is between the Lakota legacy as stalwart defenders of their homeland and the nature of the aircraft's intended domestic missions. "We're pleased that you honor our tribe by naming this helicopter Lakota. You are not only honoring our past, you are recognizing that we are still here, joint partners in the heritage of the promise of America." RedCloud told the audience. The fielding of the LUH LUH Light Utility Helicopter (Army) is part of an ongoing Army-level effort to transform its aviation capability through the deliberate reinvestment of funds from the canceled 2004 Comanche program. The Army National Guard will receive the majority of the 322 new aircraft. Initial aircraft will be sent to the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., for medical evacuation missions in January 2007. The UH-72A Lakotas will replace UH-60 Black Hawks, which will be transferred to the National Guard for operational missions. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The Lakota heralds a new beginning for our Army and for our communities across every state," said Cody "It is our nation's responsibility and the Army's duty to provide our National Guard soldiers with the tools they need to respond fully and rapidly to homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States missions and national disasters. "This exceptional platform will fly for years to come in America's skies. It is an aircraft we needed, and we are proud to see it take flight," he said. The UH-72A is a commercial aircraft designed to conduct light general support tasks in permissive, non-combat environments. Those tasks include civil search and rescue, personnel recovery, evacuation, counter-drug, and limited civil command and control operations in the conduct of Homeland Security. Downie serves with the Office of the Chief Army Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. , Henry with Army Aviation and Missile Command Missile Command is a 1980 arcade game by Atari Inc. that was also licensed to Sega for European release. The plot of Missile Command is simple: the player's six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of them even splitting like . Lt. Col. Martin Downie * Kim Henry |
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