Virginia National Guard Soldiers leave the Chesterfield County Airport aboard four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters Jan. 5, 2017, to start their upcoming deployment to Kosovo. The Soldiers are assigned to Detachment 2, Company C, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment and will head first to Texas for several weeks of training before heading overseas to begin their nine-month rotation in Kosovo. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Terra C. Gatti)