Utah National Guardsmen Blackhawks Deploy to Afghanistan

Families say goodbye to loved ones deployed to Afghanistan
KSL News
By Alex Cabrero
Posted Oct 17th, 2015

"We train to take care of soldiers on their worst day," William Grimshaw

(Photo: Mike DeBernardo, KSL-TV)

WEST JORDAN — Brittany Grimshaw's husband is with the Utah National Guard's 159th Aviation Regiment, so she has said goodbye to her husband before.

"The first three months you just sit there curled up in a ball crying," Brittany Grimshaw said.

Saturday, she had to say goodbye to her husband, 1st Lt. William Grimshaw.

"The fact he's away from us for a year and putting his life on the line to go help people over there, if people don't even know why he's doing it, it's a waste," Brittany Grimshaw said.

Seventeen soldiers on this team are going to Afghanistan. Their mission is to fly Blackhawk helicopters to where injured soldiers are, load them in, then fly to a hospital as quickly as possible.
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