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Members of 224th Aviation return home
April 8, 2002 — The first of two groups of Virginia Army National Guard soldiers returned to the Commonwealth and to loved ones from Bosnia-Herzegovina on April 6, 2002. Approximately 60 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation returned home after almost seven month of demanding duty in support of NATO's Stabilization Force mission in the Balkans...

203rd RED HORSE dedicates memorial to fallen airmen
March 14, 2002 — More than 1,000 people turned out despite rainy, blustery weather to take part in the 203d RED HORSE Flight memorial dedication on March 3, 2002, honoring the lives of their 18 brothers and the three Florida Army Guard aviators who perished in a military transport crash one-year ago...

Security mission a "chance of a lifetime" experience
February 27, 2002 — Guard soldiers from all over the Commonwealth of Virginia recently spent several weeks in Utah to support security augmentation at the 2002 Winter Olympics Games. They were part of a force of over 3,000 National Guard soldiers from 25 different states that helped civilian volunteers and law enforcement personnel provide security to the Olympic venues...

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