RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, Company B, 935th Support Battalion has been put on alert for deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The 935th, of Rapid City, and its 33 assigned members are tentatively scheduled for deployment in May.
The mission of the 935th is to provide aviation maintenance and repair support to aircraft armament and avionics equipment, and will provide this support to a combat aviation brigade. The unit specializes in maintenance and repair of rotary-wing aircraft to include the UH-60 Black Hawk, OH-58 Kiowa, and other U.S. Army rotary aircraft.
The unit is expected to report to an active-duty mobilization station to complete all required training prior to deployment overseas. This is the second mobilization for 935th. They deployed to Iraq in 2004-2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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