Sandston-based aviation units to mobilize in 2016 for duty in Kuwait
Soldiers assigned to the Sandston-based Company A, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, and Detachment 2, Company B, 777th Aviation Support Battalion, talk with members of the news media and conduct maintenance and preflight operations Dec. 4, 2015, at the Virginia National Guard Army Aviation Facility in Sandston, Virginia. Both units hosted a media day after the announcement that they will mobilize in early June 2016 for federal active duty in Kuwait. Soldiers assigned to Company A are expected to conduct their normal missions while deployed including troop air assault and air movement, casualty evacuation, aerial re-supply and supporting other requested aviation missions. Soldiers assigned to Detachment 2 are expected to provide aviation maintenance support to units in the area of operations. Read more at go.usa.gov/cBWC3. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Office)
Sandston-based aviation units to mobilize in 2016 for duty in Kuwait
Soldiers assigned to the Sandston-based Company A, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, and Detachment 2, Company B, 777th Aviation Support Battalion, talk with members of the news media and conduct maintenance and preflight operations Dec. 4, 2015, at the Virginia National Guard Army Aviation Facility in Sandston, Virginia. Both units hosted a media day after the announcement that they will mobilize in early June 2016 for federal active duty in Kuwait. Soldiers assigned to Company A are expected to conduct their normal missions while deployed including troop air assault and air movement, casualty evacuation, aerial re-supply and supporting other requested aviation missions. Soldiers assigned to Detachment 2 are expected to provide aviation maintenance support to units in the area of operations. Read more at go.usa.gov/cBWC3. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Office)