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Task Force Aviation (TF AVN) and S.C. Army National Guard (SCARNG) Soldiers provide airborne support to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) during Operation Guardian Support in proximity of the southwest border [with Mexico], McAllen, Rio Grande valley, TX. July 26-30 2018. TF AVN includes National Guard personnel and equipment from South Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, with a total of ten (10) LUH-72A Lakota helicopters operating on the Texas-Mexico border, in support of DHS/Customs and Border Protection law enforcement and security operations. Specifically, the SCARNG deployed to Texas a Command and Control (C2) element and equipment from HHC and A Co., 2-151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion (SSAB), 59th Aviation Troop Command (59ATC). (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)
180729-Z-II459-0164
Task Force Aviation (TF AVN) and S.C. Army National Guard (SCARNG) Soldiers provide airborne support to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) during Operation Guardian Support in proximity of the southwest border [with Mexico], McAllen, Rio Grande valley, TX. July 26-30 2018. TF AVN includes National Guard personnel and equipment from South Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, with a total of ten (10) LUH-72A Lakota helicopters operating on the Texas-Mexico border, in support of DHS/Customs and Border Protection law enforcement and security operations. Specifically, the SCARNG deployed to Texas a Command and Control (C2) element and equipment from HHC and A Co., 2-151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion (SSAB), 59th Aviation Troop Command (59ATC). (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)