Paris and Camden Soldiers Return to Tennessee from Deployment
December 18, 2013
Smyrna, TN – More than 150 Tennesseans from the National Guard’s 212th Engineer Company, based in Paris and Camden, will return after a nearly one-year deployment to the Middle East supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Members of the unit will arrive at the Volunteer Training Site in Smyrna from Fort Bliss, Texas in two groups. The first group of personnel will arrive at roughly 1:30pm and the second at 2:30pm on December 21st, 2013, for out processing. Members will then proceed to their units in West Tennessee. [Read more]
West Tennessee Guard units leaving next week
August 13, 2011
Nashville, TN – National Guard units from Trenton and Union City leave next week on the first leg of a trip taking them first to Fort Bliss, Texas, then initially to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Both are part of the 194th Engineer Brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. Jeff Holmes. 175 soldiers of the 230th Engineer Battalion in Trenton will depart the Trenton National Guard Armory at 5:00am Wednesday, August 17th. The 164 soldiers of Union City’s 913th Engineer Company leave from the Union City Armory at 9:00am the following morning, August 18th. [Read more]
More National Guard units headed Overseas
July 28, 2011
Nashville, TN – Two more units of the Tennessee National Guard, totaling almost 350 soldiers, have received mobilization orders and will deploy in approximately two weeks. They are bound for Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Both are West Tennessee Engineer units.
The 175 soldiers of the 230th Engineer Battalion in Trenton and 164 soldiers of the 913th Engineer Company in Union City are scheduled to deploy in mid-August. [Read more]
