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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2012

Contact:
Capt. Chris Heathscott
State Public Affairs Officer
Arkansas National Guard
(501) 212-5020 
christopher.heathscott@ar.ngb.army.mil 

Army Aviators depart state en route to mobilization station ~ 238th Air Ambulance preparing to support peacekeeping mission in Kosovo

CAMP ROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ark. – Approximately 20 Soldiers with the Arkansas National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 238th Air Ambulance departed here today en route to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, where they will prepare for deployment to Kosovo.

The unit loaded up three UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and lifted off for departure at approximately 9 a.m. The unit will spend the next few weeks training at their mobilization station prior to deployment overseas later this year.

Part of the Arkansas National Guard’s 77th Theater Aviation Brigade, the Soldiers are expected to serve nine months in Kosovo tasked with a medical support mission. The total mobilization time for the unit is anticipated to be one year.

With this mobilization, the Arkansas National Guard will have a total of approximately 425 Soldiers and Airmen mobilized in support of operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo.

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Taking Off.
Members of the Arkansas National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 238th Air Ambulance get ready to leave on deployment as they say goodbye to their loved ones.

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Staff Sgt. Casey Jackson, the full-time training sergeant for the former Fordyce unit, enters the facility for the final time prior to the move to his new home in Camden. Although the Fordyce unit has relocated, the Guard continues to have units based in 60 communities across Arkansas capable of responding in support of civil authorities anywhere in the state as necessary. Lt. Col. Sean Gavan ensured Mayor MacNichol, “We aren’t leaving your community. We’re still here when you need us.”
Still in the community.
Staff Sgt. Casey Jackson, the full-time training sergeant for the former Fordyce unit, enters the facility for the final time prior to the move to his new home in Camden. Although the Fordyce unit has relocated, the Guard continues to have units based in 60 communities across Arkansas capable of responding in support of civil authorities anywhere in the state as necessary. Lt. Col. Sean Gavan ensured Mayor MacNichol, “We aren’t leaving your community. We’re still here when you need us.”
A team of six Airmen with the Arkansas National Guard hit the ground here early this morning armed with chainsaws in order to assist in clearing the Garland County roads of trees downed by Tuesday’s storm.
Arkansas National Guardsmen Clear the Roads.
A team of six Airmen with the Arkansas National Guard hit the ground here early this morning armed with chainsaws in order to assist in clearing the Garland County roads of trees downed by Tuesday’s storm.
Arkansas National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 238th Air Ambulance departed their mobilization station here today en route to Kosovo
Seeing them off.
Arkansas National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 238th Air Ambulance departed their mobilization station here today en route to Kosovo
C Troop, 1-151st Soldiers gather around a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter to discuss tactics.
Discussing tactics.
C Troop, 1-151st Soldiers gather around a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter to discuss tactics.