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Members of the California Army National Guard's Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment prepare to take off from Mather Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The company will train at Fort Hood before going to Afghanistan. -
Sgt. Darrell Russell, left, of Spokane, WA packs his helicopter before departing from Mather Field. -
Family members gather to watch their loved ones board their helicopters. -
Crew members prepare their helicopters for flight. -
Jessica Sandin kisses her husband, Lt. Christopher Sandin before he boards his helicopter. -
Chief Warrant Officer Michael Maxwell of Citrus Heights, in glasses, hugs his mother-in-law Julia Dodich of Roseville while his wife Brianna Maxwell, left, cries as the family says their goodbyes before he boards his helicopter. -
Micah Maxwell, 22 months, cries on the shoulder of his father, Chief Warrant Officer Michael Maxwell of Citrus Heights who says goodbye before he boards his helicopter. -
Alex Fenwick, 13, center, cries as she looks toward the helicopter which her father Specialist Michael Fenwick boards. With Jessica is her mother Bernadette, and sister Mekayla, 8. -
Family members take pictures of the Black Hawks before they depart. -
Christine Tanner of Roseville says goodbye to her son, Chief Warrant Officer Brandon Lynch before he boards his helicopter. -
Chief Warrant Officer Brandon Lynch flashes four fingers to his family to let them know which position his helicopter is in on the tarmac after saying goodbye. -
Friends and family members watch as their loved ones depart from Mather Field. -
Katrina Lynch of El Dorado Hills watches as her husband, Chief Warrant Officer Brandon Lynch who hovers in his helicopter before he departs. -
A Black Hawk hovers on the tarmac before departing for Texas. -
Family and friends wave goodbye as members of the California Army National Guard's Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, take off from Mather Field Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The company will train at Fort Hood before going to Afghanistan. -
Family and friends wave to the helicopters as they leave Mather Field. -
Jessica Sandin watches through a fence as her husband, Lt. Christopher Sandin departs from Mather Field. -
1st Sgt. Jeff Douville with the Ca. Army National Guard waves to his comrades as they depart Mather Field. -
Six Black Hawks fly away from Mather Field headed for Fort Hood, Texas and eventually Afghanistan. The California Army National Guard's Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, took off from Mather Tuesday, March 5, 2013. -
Black Hawks fly over the Capitol before the reserve crew flies to Texas and eventually Afghanistan on Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
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