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Video by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Hamann

185th ECAB OIR 23-24

102d Public Affairs Detachment

Feb. 1, 2024 | 2:44

Video of the 185th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade deployment in support of OIR 23-24.

The 185th ECAB, headquartered in the Mississippi Army National Guard, mobilized in February 2023 to support Operations Inherent Resolve, Spartan Shield, and New Normal in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and returned home in February 2024.

The brigade consists of units from 11 states' Army National Guard, including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont, organized into three battalions along with the brigade headquarters.

The 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, headquartered in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, headquartered in the Illinois National Guard, and the 642d Aviation Support Battalion, headquartered in the New York Army National Guard, deployed with the brigade Headquarters as Task Force Talon.