Wisconsin Soldiers depart Wisconsin enroute to Middle East deployment with Screaming Eagles

Gov. Scott Walker, Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, Wisconsin’s adjutant general and senior Wisconsin National Guard leaders joined family and friends at a Jan. 4 sendoff ceremony in Madison, Wisconsin, for approximately 65 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers mobilizing for a mission to Iraq and Kuwait as part of a deployment with the 101st Airborne Division.

The Wisconsin Soldiers assigned to Detachment 1, Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division Multi-Component Unit (DMCU) will deploy as an element of the storied active duty division with approximately 500 Soldiers from the active and reserve components in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

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