“We’ve been in this war for almost 19 years, and I know that a lot of you have been involved from day one. I would ask the old guys to take care of the young ones who haven’t deployed. Mentor them through the deployment and let them know that everything will be ok.”-Major General Glenn H. Curtis, Louisiana National Guard, 16FEB2019
“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt
Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment deploying 70 of its personnel to the Middle East.
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Some of the personnel are siblings. It’s the 1-244th’s fourth overseas deployment since 9-11.
GREAT RENEGER: IDAHO & NORTH CAROLINA MILITIAS DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN, AGAIN!