Black Hawk crew member Spc. Christopher Croft, a native of Pocola, Okla., holds his M240 machine gun while scanning his sector during a mission near Baghdad, Jan. 12. Assigned to A Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Enhanced Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Croft and other Black Hawk crews transport military and civilian VIPs between U.S. bases around Iraq.