PINEVILLE, La. – Some Louisiana National Guardsmen are headed to Afghanistan. A deployment ceremony was held last Friday at Esler Field in Pineville, Louisiana for Louisiana National Guard’s G Company and D Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment. More than 50 Guardsmen, including two father-son teams and one married couple, are scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan starting this week. The National Guard unit will be away from home for nearly one year, the deployment includes premobilization training at Fort Hood. Once overseas, the Guard will provide air movement support and medical evacuation support to ground forces. Louisiana Gov. John Bel
Edwards presided over the ceremony in Pineville. This will be the third overseas deployment for this National Guard Unit since 9/11.
