Arizona Guard soldiers to deploy to Afghanistan

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GUARD DEPLOYMENT

Members of the Arizona Army National Guard's 159th Finance Detachment prepare to depart for Afghanistan during a ceremony Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, in Phoenix. (File photo)

Posted: Saturday, July 28, 2012 1:11 pm | Updated: 8:31 am, Tue Jul 31, 2012.

Arizona Guard soldiers to deploy to Afghanistan Associated Press | 0 comments

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona National Guard is sending some of its soldiers to Afghanistan to help advise and assist police forces.

The Guard says the 37 soldiers going are assigned to three security force assistance teams of the 1st Battalion of the 158th Infantry Regiment.

They will participate in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at a Guard installation in Phoenix to mark their scheduled deployment to Afghanistan.

The soldiers will first go to Camp Shelby, Miss., for 12 weeks of training.

The Guard says the soldiers being deployed are from a number of communities in Arizona as well as two in California.

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Posted in Local, Arizona on Saturday, July 28, 2012 1:11 pm. Updated: 8:31 am. | Tags: Afghanistan, Arizona Army National Guard, Arizona National Guard, Phoenix, Camp Shelby, Arizona, Soldier, California, 158th Infantry Regiment