Nearly 200 soldiers from a local Tennessee Army National Guard unit will leave Thursday to begin a one-year deployment to Kuwait.
The soldiers are with the 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery unit.
A going-away ceremony is scheduled for soldiers’ family and friends on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Holtzclaw Avenue Guard armory.
Soldiers depart by bus for Camp Shelby, Miss. at 9 a.m. Thursday.
This is the second overseas deployment for the battalion. The unit deployed to Iraq in 2007 for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Todd South covers courts, poverty, technology, military and veterans for the Times Free Press. He has worked at the paper since 2008 and previously covered crime and safety in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. Todd’s hometown is Dodge City, Kan. He served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq before returning to school for his journalism degree from the University of Georgia. Todd previously worked at the Anniston (Ala.) Star. Contact ...
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