LATHAM, -- A New York Army National Guard UH-72 Lakota helicopter returns to the National Guard flight facility here on March 25, 2016, after a six-month mission on the Mexican border. Eleven Soldiers of the 224th Security and Support Battalion flew missions in support of the United States Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies. The missions were designed to stop the smuggling of drugs and illegal immigrants across the Battalion is part of the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade. ( Army National Guard photo

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LATHAM, -- A New York Army National Guard UH-72 Lakota helicopter returns to the National Guard flight facility here on March 25, 2016, after a six-month mission on the Mexican border. Eleven Soldiers of the 224th Security and Support Battalion flew missions in support of the United States Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies. The missions were designed to stop the smuggling of drugs and illegal immigrants across the Battalion is part of the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade. ( Army National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Raymond Drumsta/released)

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