MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dan Semsel, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, says farewell to Soldiers from the North Dakota National Guard's 164th Engineer Battalion as they board a 737 aircraft on the flight line here. More than 100 soldiers departed from Minot AFB en route to Camp Shelby Miss. prior to being deployed to a forward location in Iraq. The Soldiers will be deployed for approximately a year before returning to the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Boitz)
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Soldiers from the North Dakota National Guard's 164th Engineer Battalion board a 737 aircraft on the flight line here en route to Camp Shelby Miss. prior to being deployed to a forward location in Iraq. The 119 Soldiers will be for approximately a year before returning to the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Boitz)