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Major General Richard C. Nash, Commander of the 34th Infantry “Red Bull” Division visited the troops of the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade during their aviation training exercise. Members from the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade from Minnesota, 3-159 Assault Reconnaissance Battalion from Germany and the 3-142 Assault Helicopter Battalion from New York, have joined together at the Aviation Warfighter Simulation Center in Ft. Rucker, Ala. The two week training exercise will help the aviation brigade work with one another as a cohesive team before they deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom later this summer.