Tagged: Afghanistan

Local/Regional News
2:24 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

Ft. Campbell Unit to Deploy to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - The Department of Defense announced Friday that three units representing more than 9,600 personnel will deploy to Afghanistan this winter.

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Local/Regional News
9:02 am
Tue February 28, 2012

Dozens of Kentucky Guard Members Returning Home

Kentucky Guardsman Sgt. Heather Carrier, Agi-business Development Team 3, passes out school supplies to Afghan students at a local school in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. (photo by Kentucky National Guard Agribusiness Development Team 3)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.  - Several dozen Kentucky National Guard members will be welcomed back to the state on Tuesday in Louisville.

More than 60 members of the Agribusiness Development Team 3 are returning to Kentucky. The team worked to sustain relationships built between previous teams and Afghan farmers. The guard says it's all part of an effort to help the country become agriculturally self-sufficient by developing the agricultural marketplace.

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