Army Lt. Col. Greg Bush, foreground, commander of 2-285 Assault Helicopter Battalion of the Arizona Army National Guard, salutes during the unit's sendoff ceremony at Papago Park Military Reservation, Phoenix, Ariz., Monday, Oct. 5. More than 250 Ariz. soldiers, along with 150 soldiers from North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Utah will proceed to Fort Sill, Okla. for training immediately prior to deployment to Iraq for a about a year.