56 Capital Region-based National Guard Soldiers hold Guantanamo Bay deployment ceremony Sunday

Courtesy Photo | The 42nd Infantry Division Soldiers deploying to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, practice tactical drills at Camp Smith Training Site north of Peekskill on March 3 during required premobilization training.  

TROY, NY, UNITED STATES

03.21.2015

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New York National Guard

TROY, N.Y. - Fifty-six New York Army National Guard Soldiers slated to deploy to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba in April will hold a deployment ceremony on Sunday morning, March 22, at the Glenmore Road Armory.

The Soldiers are members of the 42nd Infantry Division and will serve as members of the headquarters element for Joint Task Force Guantanamo. The task force headquarters personnel provide administrative support to to the joint task force. They will not be directly involved in detainee operations.

WHO: Fifty-six members of the 42nd Infantry Division and their families.
WHAT: A formal deployment ceremony marking the detachment's mobilization and deployment. The Soldiers will train at Fort Bliss before deploying to Guantanamo Bay. They are expected to be gone for 10 months.
WHEN: 11 a.m. Sunday, March 22, 2015.
WHERE: New York State Armory, 137 Glenmore Road, Troy, NY

• Date Taken: 03.21.2015
• Date Posted: 03.21.2015 11:58
• Story ID: 157727
• Location: TROY, NY, US