Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kristina Sofchak is hugged by her sisters during a deployment ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, , Jan. 3, 2019. Sofchak is a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the New Jersey National Guard's Det. 2, Charlie Company, 1-171st General Support Aviation Battalion (MEDEVAC). The 1-171st is deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

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