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 photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jimmy McGuire
| Date Taken: | 05.05.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 05.09.2017 18:04 |
| Photo ID: | 3372009 |
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| Location: | CHEYENNE, WY, US |
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