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Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read speaks to a gathering of family, friends and community leaders during a mobilization ceremony honoring Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers of Detachment 3, Company G, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, to wish them well on their overseas deployment, Sept. 29, 2017, in Salem, Oregon. A platoon of more than 20 Soldiers is scheduled to deploy to the Middle East to assist with aerial medical evacuation support using Black Hawk helicopters. They will be joining their parent unit, the South Dakota Army National Guard’s Company C, 1-189th Aviation Battalion, in the Middle East and will be deployed for approximately one year. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class April Davis, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)