“We’re here today to thank you for answering the difficult call to leave the comfort of your homes, to leave the embraces of your families and to serve your country.”-Gov-na Dennis Daugaard, South Dakota
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More than 90 personnel of South Dakota Army National Guard’s Company C, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment deploying to the Middle East, to provide aerial medevac ops.
They held a deployment ceremony on 27 SEP 2017. Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender pointed out that many of those deploying work as emergency responders or law enforcement personnel at their ‘civilian’-local government jobs.
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Military sources say its the third deployment to the Middle East for the South Dakota Guard unit.
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