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The Bayou Bushwackers operate along Louisiana's Gulf Coast with rapid launch capability to the Gulf of Mexico

flying UH-1 Hueys into hostile landing zones to evacuate wounded soldiers

US Army Alaska 172nd Infantry Patch Backing:No Hook and Loop and collectors of Marine CorpsUS Army Alaska 172nd Infantry Patch Forged in the frozen north the 172nd stood watch where others wouldn't. The 172nd Infantry Brigade (later redesignated as the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team) was one of the U. S. Army's premier Arctic and cold weather fighting forces, stationed at Fort Wainwright and Fort Richardson in Alaska. Tasked with defending America's northernmost frontier during the Cold War and beyond, the 172nd trained and operated in