9TH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION issued the following announcement on June 10.
Soldiers in a Wisconsin National Guard unit that flies Black Hawk helicopters are deploying to the Middle East this summer.
Roughly 35 members of West Bend-based G Company, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation are mobilizing overseas to support Operation Inherent Resolve against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Operation Spartan Shield in the Middle East.
The deployment comes at a time when Wisconsin National Guard troops are very busy in the state with thousands helping in the coronavirus outbreak and mobilizing in support of local authorities in communities where protests and civil unrest have occurred since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer.
Approximately 200 Red Arrow soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry are currently serving in Afghanistan. Approximately 150 soldiers from the 829th Engineer Company and another 20 soldiers from the 924th Engineer Facilities Detachment are in the Middle East, and 160 soldiers from the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters deployed to Ukraine last fall.
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