The first Nevada Army National Guard battalion to deploy to Europe in peacetime received a sendoff Friday during a mobilization ceremony north of Reno.
About 70 soldiers from across the state are heading to Fort Hood, Texas for at least a month of additional training before a year-long deployment to Poland and other Eastern European countries in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The mission will also take them to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. They will work in conjunction with other companies assigned to the 757th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion to manage and oversee the delivery of supplies.
