Two Wyoming Army National Guardsmen were awarded the Dustoff Association’s Rescue of the Year award in a ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility Friday, in Cheyenne. The award was given for a medical evacuation mission in Afghanistan almost two years ago. On Dec. 4, 2015, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Herget and Staff Sgt. Derrick Perkins loaded a Charlie Company, 5-159th Aviation Regiment, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to respond to friendly forces in southern Afghanistan. They were part of a four-man crew that would join a second Black Hawk in responding. Herget was a pilot and Perki
Two Wyoming Army National Guardsmen were awarded the Dustoff Association’s Rescue of the Year award in a ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility Friday, in Cheyenne. The award was given for a medical evacuation mission in Afghanistan almost two years ago. On Dec. 4, 2015, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Herget and Staff Sgt. Derrick Perkins loaded a Charlie Company, 5-159th Aviation Regiment, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to respond to friendly forces in southern Afghanistan. They were part of a four-man crew that would join a second Black Hawk in responding. Herget was a pilot and Perkins a medic. Both of the men had been deployed for less than a month and about to fly their first medevac mission on this tour. While monitoring a satellite radio, their team leader heard chatter about enemy contact with ground forces about ten minutes away. (Wyoming National Guard
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