From left, Lt. Col. Brandon Lemley, battalion commander; 1st Sgt. Sean Powers, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment; Capt. Gary Eicke, commander of Detachment 1, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment; and Sgt. 1st Class Joel Fisher, detachment noncommissioned officer in charge, stand as the official party during a departure ceremony at the Hammond Readiness Center in Hammond, Louisiana, Sept. 13, 2026. Soldiers from Detachment 1 are deploying in support of missions at Fort Drum, New York, and the Southwest Border.
| Date Taken: | 09.13.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 09.17.2026 12:40 |
| Photo ID: | 9944602 |
| VIRIN: | 260913-Z-VP503-1013 |
| Resolution: | 1600x1067 |
| Size: | 401.72 KB |
| Location: | HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, US |
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