LATHAM, N.Y. -- Chief Warrant Officer 2 Franz Scott (right) poses with Chief Warrant Officer 5 Chuck Rodda at the National Guard flight facility here on March 25, 2016, after Scott's return from a mission on the Mexican border. Eleven Soldiers of the 224th Security and Support Battalion flew missions in support of the United States Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies. The missions, which took place over the last six months, were designed to stop the smuggling of drugs and illegal immigrants across the border. Scott is from Queens, N.Y. and Rodda is from Pittstown, N.Y. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Raymond Drumsta/released)
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