The day after Thanksgiving, 1500 Soldiers from the Texas National Guard’s 36th Infantry Division left for a 14-month deployment to the Balkans.
Soldiers of the Texas National Guard’s 36th Infantry Division are being joined in the deployment by troops joined by Soldiers from Puerto Rico and the states of Arkansas, Alabama, California, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
The majority of the Soldiers have been training together as Task Force Falcon. Once in Kosovo, TF Falcon will be joined by a battalion of Greek Soldiers and a battalion of Polish, Ukrainian and Lithuanian Soldiers. This combined force will be known as Multi-National Brigade(East). MNB(E) will be commanded by Brig. Gen. Darren Owens of the 36th Infantry Division, Texas National Guard.
Once again America’s citizen Soldiers make us proud. Godspeed 36th. Sgt Hook out.
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