Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard's Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment will deploy to Kuwait in November as part of Operation Spartan Shield.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - At a send-off ceremony held Sept. 29, nearly 100 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment prepared for deployment to the Middle East.Armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as friends, family, and fellow guardsmen joined the “Bison” Company servicemembers before they headed for a temporary stop in Fort Bliss, Texas for their final stretch of deployment training.
Eventually, the 1-297th will deploy to Kuwait in November as part of its mission to support U.S. Central Command in continuing to increase regional security as part of Operation Spartan Shield. Earlier this summer, the 1-297th participated in a month-long combat operation training event with the 29th IBCT at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana. The training event was in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Kuwait.
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