Virginia National Guard flight crews provide aviation support to Soldiers assigned to the West Virginia National Guard’s 19th Special Forces Group, Sept. 5, 2018, over Lake Erie in Hamburg, N.Y., just south of Buffalo. The flight crews, assigned to the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, dropped operators into the lake as part of an evaluation and pre-deployment train-up while boats from the Hamburg Water Rescue, Hamburg Police Department, U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security worked together to retrieve the troops and return to the dry land. Virginia Army National Guard photo by SFC Terra C. Gatti

Virginia National Guard flight crews provide aviation support to Soldiers assigned to the West Virginia National Guard’s 19th Special Forces Group, Sept. 5, 2018, over Lake Erie in Hamburg, N.Y., just south of Buffalo. The flight crews, assigned to the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, dropped operators into the lake as part of an evaluation and pre-deployment train-up while boats from the Hamburg Water Rescue, Hamburg Police Department, U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security worked together to retrieve the troops and return to the dry land. Virginia Army National Guard photo by SFC Terra C. Gatti

Virginia National Guard flight crews provide aviation support to Soldiers assigned to the West Virginia National Guard’s 19th Special Forces Group, Sept. 5, 2018, over Lake Erie in Hamburg, N.Y., just south of Buffalo. The flight crews, assigned to the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, dropped operators into the lake as part of an evaluation and pre-deployment train-up while boats from the Hamburg Water Rescue, Hamburg Police Department, U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security worked together to retrieve the troops and return to the dry land. Virginia Army National Guard photo by SFC Terra C. Gatti

Virginia National Guard flight crews provide aviation support to Soldiers assigned to the West Virginia National Guard’s 19th Special Forces Group, Sept. 5, 2018, over Lake Erie in Hamburg, N.Y., just south of Buffalo. The flight crews, assigned to the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, dropped operators into the lake as part of an evaluation and pre-deployment train-up while boats from the Hamburg Water Rescue, Hamburg Police Department, U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security worked together to retrieve the troops and return to the dry land. Virginia Army National Guard photo by SFC Terra C. Gatti

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