Soldiers from the Sandston-based Company E, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment and the Virginia National Guard Counterdrug Task Force assist Drug Enforcement Administration agents with loading more than 15,000 pounds of unwanted and expired prescription drugs for transport to Northern Virginia to be destroyed Nov. 1, 2013. The drugs were collected during the DEA's National Take-Back Initiative held Oct. 26, and this was the seventh time the Virginia Guard provided support for the mission. In addition to assisting with DEA's effort to get dangerous drugs out of communities, the Soldiers fro
Soldiers from the Sandston-based Company E, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment and the Virginia National Guard Counterdrug Task Force assist Drug Enforcement Administration agents with loading more than 15,000 pounds of unwanted and expired prescription drugs for transport to Northern Virginia to be destroyed Nov. 1, 2013. The drugs were collected during the DEA's National Take-Back Initiative held Oct. 26, and this was the seventh time the Virginia Guard provided support for the mission. In addition to assisting with DEA's effort to get dangerous drugs out of communities, the Soldiers from Company E also gained experience conducting transportation operations in an urban environment. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs) Virginia National Guard supports DEA drug take-back initiative by The National Guard
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