Wyoming Guard Members Deployed

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Eighteen soldiers with the Wyoming Army National Guard's most deployed unit since 2001 is headed to the Middle East.

The Guard's C Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, left this weekend for a month long training mission in Texas before heading off to the Middle East.

The unit based in Cheyenne operates UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and will provide medical evacuation support for U.S. and coalition troops.

Gov. Matt Mead and state Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner attended a ceremony on Friday marking its deployment.

This will be the fifth time the unit has deployed personnel and aircraft in the past 14 years.