Black Hawk helicopters of the 108th Assault Helicopter

Black Hawk helicopters of the 108th Assault Helicopter Battalion carry Company C, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, troops on an air assault during an embassy defense and evacuation exercise at Range 5 near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, May 30. Soldiers of the 4th Battalion's Company A conducted the same exercise there three days before. During the exercise, the infantry companies also coordinated with the 108th Assault Helicopter Battalion for rapid resupply and with Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment to evacuate simulated wounded. The 4th Battalion belongs the South Carolina Army National Guard, and assumed security-force operations in Northern Kuwait in April.