South Carolina business owners and managers with the Chamber of Commerce of Greenville visit the S.C. National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility (location 2), during an event hosted by the S.C. National Guard, South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center, Greenville, S.C., June 21, 2017. During the visit, guests and aviators discussed the value of Citizen Soldiers as elements of the (civilian) work force, with particular emphasis on aviators and their ability to manage high-pressure situations, deliver payloads to critical areas, engage enemy targets and rescue people from life-threatening situations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine/Released)

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from over forty states attend the 2018 Aviation Domestic Operations (DOMOPS) Workshop “Partnership and preparedness,” hosted by the South Carolina Army National Guard and the National Guard Bureau at the Embassy Suites Convention Center, Greenville, South Carolina, Jan.11, 2018. The workshop offers an opportunity for National Guard aviators, law enforcement/rescue operators, military and civilian planners, and emergency management leaders to discuss topics and issues pertaining to techniques, lesson learned and integration during emergency response operations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)

Students at Hampton Cove Elementary presented MG Jim Rogers a "thank you" card for being their guest reader. From L-R, MG Rogers, and students Brian Randall and Luke Soloveichik.

University of Alaska Army ROTC cadets maneuver to their objective during an air assault training event at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 2, 2022. Following a tactical air insertion, the Seawolf Detachment cadets maneuvered across snow-covered terrain, assaulted opposition forces, secured their objective, and concluded with an air exfiltration. Alaska Army National Guard aviators from the 1-207th Aviation Regiment provided air support for the training. The AKARNG’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to hone its operational interoperability and maintain readiness for a wide range of state and federal missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)

An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 1-207th Aviation Regiment, approaches Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 2, 2022. The AKARNG aviators conducted air assault training with the University of Alaska Army ROTC detachment during its end-of-semester field training exercise. The AKARNG’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to hone its operational interoperability and maintain readiness for a wide range of state and federal missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard use UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to assist with firefighting and rescue training during a joint exercise with elements of South Carolina Task Force Rescue 1 and the South Carolina Forestry Commission at Keowee Toxaway State Park in Oconee County, South Carolina, May 18-19, 2021. The purpose of the event was to consolidate interagency relationships and procedures in firefighting, air operations, and aircraft deconfliction, as well as perform currency training for ground personnel and air crews alike. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

Evening departure of 2-211th from Army aviation support facility on Saturday, June 16, 2018 as they deployed to the Middle East.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Tom Marable, brigade aviation safety officer, 59th Aviation Troop Command (ATC), South Carolina National Guard (SCNG), is promoted to the rank of chief warrant officer 5, during a ceremony at the South Carolina National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina, Mar. 5, 2023. U.S Army Maj. Gen. Van McCarty, adjutant general for South Carolina, joined Mr. Marable’s family, friends, guests, and colleagues in attendance. U.S. Army Col. John McElveen, commander of the 59th ATC, administrated the oath of enlistment. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

U.S. Army Major (P) Michelle S. Roberts and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 (P) Michael S. Roberts, both assigned to the South Carolina National Guard, are promoted respectively to the ranks of lieutenant colonel and chief warrant officer 5 during a joint ceremony in Columbia, South Carolina, May 12, 2023. The two officers are siblings. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

U.S. Army Cpt. Jon Strickland, Warrant Officer Eric Ponder, and Staff Sgt. Brian Holder, assigned to Company A, 2-151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion, S.C. Army National Guard, perform in-flight checks during a training flight aboard of a LUH-72A Lakota helicopter, Greenville, South Carolina, Feb.6, 2016. (US Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine/Released)

A flight crew member from the 1-168th GSAB prepares for a MEDEVAC flight while deployed with the 40th CAB to the Middle East in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. | U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Lloyd Ross Deleon

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers, friends, and family members attend a retirement ceremony for U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bruce E Langenhuizen, 351st Aviation Support Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command, Feb. 7, 2021, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina. Langenhuizen retired after 38 years of military service. (U.S. Army National Guard photo Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

1st Attack Reconnaisance Battalion 211th Aviation conducted 30mm cannon and 2.75 inch rocket live-fire training at Dugway Proving Gounds August 1, 2014 to maintain their skills and remain ready for wartime requirements.

Army National Guard members perform hoist training with Alpine Search and Rescue members during Alpine Guard 2018.

(U.S. Air National Gaurd photo by Staff Sgt. Ben Kimball)

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard use UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to assist with firefighting and rescue training during a joint exercise with elements of South Carolina Task Force Rescue 1 and the South Carolina Forestry Commission at Keowee Toxaway State Park in Oconee County, South Carolina, May 18-19, 2021. The purpose of the event was to consolidate interagency relationships and procedures in firefighting, air operations, and aircraft deconfliction, as well as perform currency training for ground personnel and air crews alike. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

This photo was unedited, except for an in-camera datestamp. Some digital zoom was needed in the twilight and now one can see what I was working with.

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I decided to wait several hours before posting these pics due to reports of a helicopter crash involving Fort Lewis. Since this helicopter wasn't involved, I feel better posting this tonight instead of waiting a respectful period.

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 1-151 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion and Det 1, Company B, 2-238 General Support Aviation Battalion arrive home to Columbia, South Carolina, July 13, 2018 after their nearly yearlong deployment with the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade in Afghanistan. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine)

Spc. Oran Pellissier, a UH-60 Blackhawk Technician from C CO 1-140th, watches his sector of fire during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in the Middle East. | U.S. Army National Guard photo by 2Lt. Kyle Gallagher

Food, friends and fun meet several dozens of North Carolina National Guard aviators of Army Aviation Support Facility Number 1 at a Christmas party at TSA Café and Catering on the Triangle Shooting Academy campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, December 16, 2016. Guard leaders thanked the Soldiers and civilian staff for the year’s hard work with lots of door prizes, a raffle, DJ holiday music and an award ceremony honoring outstanding performance. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs/Released)

A C-12 taxiing from the New Jersey National Guard ramp at the Trenton-Mercer County Airport for a flight - May 1997

CW5 Cardona and his wife at Havoc Military Appreciation Night.

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard use UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to assist with firefighting and rescue training during a joint exercise with elements of South Carolina Task Force Rescue 1 and the South Carolina Forestry Commission at Keowee Toxaway State Park in Oconee County, South Carolina, May 18-19, 2021. The purpose of the event was to consolidate interagency relationships and procedures in firefighting, air operations, and aircraft deconfliction, as well as perform currency training for ground personnel and air crews alike. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Guenther relinquished responsibility of the 2-13th Aviation Regiment to Command Sgt. Maj. Chasitie Lee in a ceremony Feb. 9, 2023, in Nicka Hall Hangar on Libby Army Airfield. The 2-13th Avn Rgt is the only unmanned aircraft systems battalion in the U.S. Army. (U.S. Army photo by Tanja Linton)

Clouds form in the distance behind Los Alamitos Army Airfield, March 15, 2018, in Los Alamitos, California. The airfield is co-located with Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, and run by the California National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Crystal Housman)

South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers of the 2-151st Aviation Regiment, Security and Support Aviation Battalion (SSAB), 59th Aviation Troop Command (ATC), South Carolina National Guard, celebrate the arrival of the latest version of the Lakota light-utility helicopter, the Airbus UH-72B. The ceremony was held at the South Carolina National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility (location 2), South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center, Greenville, South Carolina, on April 14, 2023. The UH-72 is a proven search & rescue, security, and general support platform developed from a commercial, off-the-shelf aircraft, the Airbus H-145, and has been the Army’s light-utility helicopter since 2006. Because of the off-the-shelf nature of the Lakota program, the Army maximizes the benefits of retrofitting a commercial aircraft through improvements and enhancements specific to the needs of the National Guard, throughout the evolution of the aircraft, and without additional R&D costs to the United States government. The 2-151st SSAB received two UH-72B of eighteen built for the U.S. Army National Guard. Because of the enhanced capabilities of these B-model Lakota helicopters, the 2-151st will be able to carry more rescuers and/or survivors per each air-rescue mission, thus allowing for faster delivery of injured patients to local hospitals. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

More than 20 members of the Oklahoma Army National Guard's Detachment 1, Charlie Company, 1-169th Aviation Regiment returned to Oklahoma on March 10, 2018, after a 9 month deployment to Kosovo. The Soldiers of the 169 provided MEDEVAC air ambulance support as part of the NATO led Operation Joint Guardian.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Guy Clayton Harbin, brigade senior logistics technician, 59th Aviation Troop Command (ATC), South Carolina National Guard, retires after over 40 years of service in the South Carolina National Guard, Army Aviation Support Facility, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina, April 2, 2023. Leaders of the Army Aviation community of the South Carolina National Guard joined Mr. Harbin’s family, friends, guests, and colleagues in attendance. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard use UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to assist with firefighting and rescue training during a joint exercise with elements of South Carolina Task Force Rescue 1 and the South Carolina Forestry Commission at Keowee Toxaway State Park in Oconee County, South Carolina, May 18-19, 2021. The purpose of the event was to consolidate interagency relationships and procedures in firefighting, air operations, and aircraft deconfliction, as well as perform currency training for ground personnel and air crews alike. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

Evening departure of 2-211th from Army aviation support facility on Saturday, June 16, 2018 as they deployed to the Middle East.

U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 1-151 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion and Det 1, Company B, 2-238 General Support Aviation Battalion arrive home to Columbia, South Carolina, July 13, 2018 after their nearly yearlong deployment with the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade in Afghanistan. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine)

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from over forty states attend the 2018 Aviation Domestic Operations (DOMOPS) Workshop “Partnership and preparedness,” hosted by the South Carolina Army National Guard and the National Guard Bureau at the Embassy Suites Convention Center, Greenville, South Carolina, Jan.11, 2018. The workshop offers an opportunity for National Guard aviators, law enforcement/rescue operators, military and civilian planners, and emergency management leaders to discuss topics and issues pertaining to techniques, lesson learned and integration during emergency response operations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)

Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers participated in an engagement focused on aviation capabilities in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador, August 25-30, 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Alexa Becerra)

Food, friends and fun meet several dozens of North Carolina National Guard aviators of Army Aviation Support Facility Number 1 at a Christmas party at TSA Café and Catering on the Triangle Shooting Academy campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, December 16, 2016. Guard leaders thanked the Soldiers and civilian staff for the year’s hard work with lots of door prizes, a raffle, DJ holiday music and an award ceremony honoring outstanding performance. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs/Released)

More than 20 members of the Oklahoma Army National Guard's Detachment 1, Charlie Company, 1-169th Aviation Regiment returned to Oklahoma on March 10, 2018, after a 9 month deployment to Kosovo. The Soldiers of the 169 provided MEDEVAC air ambulance support as part of the NATO led Operation Joint Guardian.

An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1-207th Aviation Regiment makes a tactical insertion at Malemute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 2, 2022. The AKARNG aviators conducted air assault training with the University of Alaska Army ROTC detachment during its end-of-semester field training exercise. The AKARNG’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to hone its operational interoperability and maintain readiness for a wide range of state and federal missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)

The Utah National Guard’s 97th Aviation Troop Command conducted a change-of-command ceremony Jan. 11 at the Aviation Support Facility hangar in West Jordan. At the ceremony, Col. Lamar Blair relinquished command to Col. Gordon D. Behunin.

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from over forty states attend the 2018 Aviation Domestic Operations (DOMOPS) Workshop “Partnership and preparedness,” hosted by the South Carolina Army National Guard and the National Guard Bureau at the Embassy Suites Convention Center, Greenville, South Carolina, Jan.11, 2018. The workshop offers an opportunity for National Guard aviators, law enforcement/rescue operators, military and civilian planners, and emergency management leaders to discuss topics and issues pertaining to techniques, lesson learned and integration during emergency response operations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)

Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers participated in an engagement focused on aviation capabilities in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador, August 25-30, 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Alexa Becerra)

Spc. Oran Pellissier, a UH-60 Blackhawk Technician from C CO 1-140th, watches his sector of fire during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in the Middle East. | U.S. Army National Guard photo by 2Lt. Kyle Gallagher

1st Attack Reconnaisance Battalion 211th Aviation conducted 30mm cannon and 2.75 inch rocket live-fire training at Dugway Proving Gounds August 1, 2014 to maintain their skills and remain ready for wartime requirements.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Guy Clayton Harbin, brigade senior logistics technician, 59th Aviation Troop Command (ATC), South Carolina National Guard, retires after over 40 years of service in the South Carolina National Guard, Army Aviation Support Facility, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina, April 2, 2023. Leaders of the Army Aviation community of the South Carolina National Guard joined Mr. Harbin’s family, friends, guests, and colleagues in attendance. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher W. Schwendimann, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD), 59th Aviation Troop Command (ATC), South Carolina National Guard, is promoted to the rank of colonel, during an informal ceremony at HHD, 59th ATC, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, October 17, 2021. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Van McCarty, the adjutant general for South Carolina, U.S. Army Col. John W. McElveen, the State Army Aviation Officer for South Carolina, as well as some staff members of 59th ATC, attended the ceremony. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

Cpt. Paul Johnston from the 40th CAB participates in a joint flight with Spanish Soldiers from Task Force Toro while deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Inherent Resolve . | U.S. Army National Guard Photo by 2Lt. Kyle Gallagher

At the direction of Gov. Mark B. Dayton, four Minnesota National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and Army and Air National Guard Aviation support teams will begin assisting today the ongoing firefighting efforts within the Pagami Creek region of north eastern Minnesota.

Photo by Sgt. Johnny Angelo

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U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers, friends, and family members attend a retirement ceremony for U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bruce E Langenhuizen, 351st Aviation Support Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command, Feb. 7, 2021, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina. Langenhuizen retired after 38 years of military service. (U.S. Army National Guard photo Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)

Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Guenther relinquished responsibility of the 2-13th Aviation Regiment to Command Sgt. Maj. Chasitie Lee in a ceremony Feb. 9, 2023, in Nicka Hall Hangar on Libby Army Airfield. The 2-13th Avn Rgt is the only unmanned aircraft systems battalion in the U.S. Army. (U.S. Army photo by Tanja Linton)

U.S. Army Major (P) Jeff M. Couch, commander for the 351st Aviation Support Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command (ATC), South Carolina National Guard, is promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, during a ceremony at the South Carolina National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility (Location 1), McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina, Mar. 5, 2023. U.S Army Maj. Gen. Van McCarty, adjutant general for South Carolina, joined Lt. Col. Couch’s family, friends, guests, and colleagues in attendance. U.S. Army Col. John McElveen, commander of the 59th ATC, administrated the oath of enlistment. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)