California Army National Guard Capt. Charles Escaleras, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Task Force Longknife, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, and Lt. Col. Jeff Sibley, commander of Task Force Longknife, plan their flight route in their tactical operations center at Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 15, 2015. Escaleras and Sibley were planning an orientation flight with their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The 40th CAB was training to deploy to Kuwait to support stability operations in 2016. ( Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Rose Wolford/Released)

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