Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Photo by Capt. Kristin Auge
Maj. Richard Cady (Ret.), a member of the the Minnesota State Fire Service Memorial Pipe Band, performed for the Soldiers and families of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, who depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Chap. (Maj.) Fehn gave the invocation. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Brig. Gen. David Elicerio gave the opening remarks. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Lt. Governor Carol Molnau remarked on Minnesota's pride in its servicemembers. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Sen. Amy Klobuchar described the aviators as "another kind of angel." Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Col. Michael Huddleston, 34th Combat Aviation Brigade commander, addressed the Bravo Company families and friends. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Capt. Nathan Foster, B Company Commander, gave the final remarks. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Lt. Governor Carol Molnau presented a Minnesota flag the company commander, Capt. Nathan Foster. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Complimentary portraits were tkaen by the staff of PictureAHero.org. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27.
Eighty Soldiers of the Saint Cloud-based Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, depart this weekend in support of Operation New Dawn. A departure ceremony was held at the Saint Cloud Army Aviation Facility Nov 27. Photo by Sgt 1st Class Daniel Ewer.