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National Guard unit likely to serve in Kuwait

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota Army National Guard unit has been notified that it likely will be called to duty in Kuwait.

The Guard says the 33 members of the 935th Support Battalion's Detachment 1, Company B are tentatively scheduled to deploy in May. The soldiers will be maintaining and repairing aircraft for a combat aviation brigade.

This will be the second Middle East deployment for the Rapid City-based 935th, which served in Iraq in 2004-05.

 

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