Photos by: Lt. Col. Hank McIntire DRAPER, Utah — Approximately 60 soldiers of the Utah Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation, departed Utah on the first leg of their 12-month deployment to Kosovo Saturday, Nov. 23 and Sunday, 24, 2013. The first group of soldiers departed via UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters Saturday, Nov. 23, at 10 a.m. from the Utah Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility in West Jordan. Remaining soldiers departed Sunday, Nov. 24, from Salt Lake International Airport via commercial aircraft. Soldiers will first travel to Fort Hood, Texas, for several weeks o
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Photos by: Lt. Col. Hank McIntire DRAPER, Utah — Approximately 60 soldiers of the Utah Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation, departed Utah on the first leg of their 12-month deployment to Kosovo Saturday, Nov. 23 and Sunday, 24, 2013. The first group of soldiers departed via UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters Saturday, Nov. 23, at 10 a.m. from the Utah Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility in West Jordan. Remaining soldiers departed Sunday, Nov. 24, from Salt Lake International Airport via commercial aircraft. Soldiers will first travel to Fort Hood, Texas, for several weeks of deployment-specific training before heading overseas to Kosovo. The mission of the 2-211th will be to provide medical evacuation and airlift capabilities to NATO forces, as well as serve as the command-and-control element for soldiers from Albania, France, Germany, Morocco, Poland, Turkey and Ukraine as they conduct security patrols and work with Kosovo Security Forces.