Wyoming National Guardsmen "Charlie Med" Deploy to Afghansitan

Wyoming troops off to Afghanistan
Wyoming Tribune Eagle News
Trevor Brown
October 16, 2015

During a ceremony marking its deployment Friday, Wyoming Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner told the group that this is a critical and potentially life-saving mission.

Chief Warrant Officer II Bryan Herget spends some time with his children, Aiden, 8, left, and Olivia, 6, during a deployment ceremony on Friday at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne. Eighteen members of the Wyoming Army National Guard's 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment will leave Saturday morning for a month-long training mission in Texas before deploying to Afghanistan for 9 months.
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CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Army National Guard's most deployed unit since 2001 is about to head overseas again. 

Eighteen soldiers with the Guard's "Charlie Med" company are gearing up for a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.

The group is expected to leave today for a month-long training mission in Texas before heading off to the Middle East.

The Guard's C Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, as they are known formally, is based in Cheyenne. It operates UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and will provide medical evacuation support for U.S. and coalition troops.

During a ceremony marking its deployment Friday, Wyoming Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner told the group that this is a critical and potentially life-saving mission.

"You provide that safety net that our service members of all branches and our allies rely on," he said. "You provide the speed for the first golden hour, the hour that is key to determining whether a wounded man or woman lives or dies."
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