450 Florida National Guard Begin Deployment On Mission To The Middle East

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Four 100 50 men and women from the Florida National Guard are deploying connected a year-long ngo to the Middle East.

“Today we are saying goodbye to our soldiers who are heading overseas for an awesome mission,” said Bailey Burnside.

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She volition enactment location and clasp down the fort arsenic her husband, Capt. Curtis Burnside, leaves for a year.  He’s deployed before, but he’s ne'er near down a woman and 3 small ones. He’s not definite what’s to expect.

“I’ve ne'er gone and had to bash that, truthful I can’t truly archer you that close now.  I conjecture we’ll fig that retired successful astir an hr and a half,” helium said.

One happening helium does cognize is there’s a batch helium volition miss.

“Mostly kissing them, hanging retired with them, you cognize what I mean, seeing them play football, she conscionable started walking.  The milestones you miss erstwhile you’re overseas,” helium said.

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It’s not casual to permission household behind.  These men and women volition beryllium heading to the Middle East, the National Guard can’t truly springiness a batch of specifics astir the mission.

“We’re going to beryllium doing basal information astatine a mates of antithetic bases successful 3 antithetic countries successful the area,” said Company Commander Capt. Jose Martinez.

Included successful this deployment are soldiers who besides enactment astatine BSO, Miami-Dade Police, and Miami Fire Rescue. They permission knowing determination are tons of radical backmost location who are acceptable and waiting to assistance nevertheless they can.

Miami Fire Rescue has 2 men going.

“We’ll beryllium present to enactment and connection thing they whitethorn need,” said Lt. Pete Sanchez with Miami Fire Rescue. “Whether it’s coating a fence, fixing a door, taking their kids to school, immoderate they request to enactment to capable the void portion their husbands are serving our country, we’re determination for them.”

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The soldiers volition archetypal bid for a mates of weeks astatine Ft. Bliss successful El Paso, Texas, past caput to the Middle East.  They volition beryllium gone 9 months to a year.

Ted Scouten