Army Soldiers from the Arizona and Connecticut National Guard serve as the color guard during the Multinational Battle Group-East Southern Command Post transition of authority ceremony, Feb. 29, 2016, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The outgoing 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, part of the Connecticut Army National Guard, completed a nine-month tour in support of NATO’s Kosovo Force peace support mission, and is replaced by Task Force Red Hawks, led by the Arizona National Guard’s 2-285th Attack Helicopter Battalion, out of Phoenix. ( Army photo by Sgt. Gina Russell, Multinational B

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Army Soldiers from the Arizona and Connecticut National Guard serve as the color guard during the Multinational Battle Group-East Southern Command Post transition of authority ceremony, Feb. 29, 2016, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The outgoing 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, part of the Connecticut Army National Guard, completed a nine-month tour in support of NATO’s Kosovo Force peace support mission, and is replaced by Task Force Red Hawks, led by the Arizona National Guard’s 2-285th Attack Helicopter Battalion, out of Phoenix. ( Army photo by Sgt. Gina Russell, Multinational Battle Group-East) Arizona National Guard battalion takes to the skies in Kosovo 160229-A-UU866-018

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