About 60 members of the Vermont National Guard left the state Thursday for deployment in the Middle East or southwest Asia.
The Guard held a deployment departure ceremony for Charlie Company on Thursday morning. The Burlington Free Press reports the air ambulance unit deployed with six Black Hawk helicopters and will perform medical evacuations and support for the Missouri National Guard's deployment.
Charlie Company will join a task force assembled by the Missouri brigade at Fort Hood, Texas for training before going overseas. The task force will consist of nearly 1,500 soldiers from 13 different states.
The Vermont National Guard's last major deployment was in 2010 when members were deployed to Afghanistan.
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