Hundreds of US infantry soldiers mobilizing for deployment to Afghanistan
Tehran (KNA) - Hundreds of US infantry soldiers are to be mobilized this summer prior to being deployed to Afghanistan in support of the US-led ‘Operation Freedom Sentinel,’ purportedly billed as the continuation of “the global war on terrorism.”
Nearly 400 troops from the Wisconsin National Guard's 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry will be preparing in the upcoming months before the deployment to the war-ravaged country, where American forces have been bogged down for nearly 18 years amid steadily rising terror incidents across Afghanistan, local news outlets reported Saturday.
According to a report by Tribune News Service, the infantry battalion -- based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin -- and its subordinate companies, which are all part of the 32nd "Red Arrow" Infantry Brigade Combat Team, will be sent off to Afghanistan as "a security element" for the US-led coalition forces operating in the country.
The Wisconsin National Guard (WNG) has been involved in several military deployments across the globe.
Some 400 members of the WNG's 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry remain in Afghanistan and the Middle East, while more than 350 soldiers from the Milwaukee-based 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery returned from their deployment to the Middle East and Afghanistan back in May.
Additionally, soldiers from WNG's 248th General Aviation Support Battalion returned from a Middle East deployment in September.
Source: PressTV