Ohio National Guard members to be deployed on Sunday

Members of the Ohio National Guard’s engineer advisor and detachment teams will be deployed on Sunday. CONTRIBUTED

Members of the Ohio National Guard’s engineer advisor and detachment teams will be deployed on Sunday. CONTRIBUTED

Members of the Ohio National Guard’s engineer advisor and detachment teams will be deployed on Sunday.

Five members of the Ohio Army National Guard’s Engineer Advisor Team 6522, 5th Battalion, 54th Security Force Assistance Regiment and about 10 members of the Ohio Army National Guard’s 296th Engineer Detachment will be deployed in support of U.S. Central Command and U.S. European Command, respectively, according to the Ohio National Guard.

“While deployed, Engineer Advisor Team 6522 will conduct security cooperation and assistance activities, exercises, training and bi-lateral/multilateral operations throughout the area of responsibility, while supporting U.S. allies and further developing those relationships,” according to the Ohio National Guard.

The 296th Engineer Detachment will provide fire prevention and protection, aircraft crash and rescue, natural cover fire and hazmat responses within its theater of operations, according to the Ohio National Guard.

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