Soldiers assigned to the National Guard and Army Reserve conduct hot load training with Charlie Company DUSTOFF, 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division on May 11, 2024. The hot load training teaches medical evacuation capabilities and the safety of the HH60-M Blackhawk helicopter (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Vincent Levelev)
Almuntafeky, hailing from Bagdad, Iraq, made a powerful journey from an early life at war to deploying back to his home nation while serving in the Army.
The DUSTOFF sign, one of the few signs of its unique history that now proudly hangs on the Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, initially hung in Bagram Airfield during the War in Afghanistan and would be secured by Charlie Company, 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division when U.S. forces withdrew from Bagram Airfield in the summer of 2021.
The DUSTOFF sign, one of the few signs of its unique history that now proudly hangs on the Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, initially hung in Bagram Airfield during the War in Afghanistan and would be secured by Charlie Company, 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division when U.S. forces withdrew from Bagram Airfield in the summer of 2021.
The DUSTOFF sign, one of the few signs of its unique history that now proudly hangs on the Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, initially hung in Bagram Airfield during the War in Afghanistan and would be secured by Charlie Company, 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division when U.S. forces withdrew from Bagram Airfield in the summer of 2021.
