What do you picture when you think of the National Guard? Maybe you think of a helicopter hovering over flooded streets in the aftermath of a hurricane, hoisting families and pets to safety. In the two decades of conflict that followed the 9/11 attacks, the National Guard tested - and proved - its combat capability, serving more than one million deployments.

Army Aviation, Vol. 72, No. 3 (March 31, 2023), pages 14, 16