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By 2nd Lt. Nathan Wallin
Wisconsin National Guard Public Affairs Office
Elected officials, senior Wisconsin National Guard leaders, family and friends gathered at a large hangar at the 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee Friday (Sept. 16) to bid farewell to approximately 150 Soldiers of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.
The Soldiers - members of the brigade's headquarters company as well as the 32nd Military Police Company - will serve alongside more than 700 National Guard Soldiers from seven other states, as well as six other nations, as part of a NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo known as KFOR. The 157th will serve as the brigade headquarters unit for Multi-National Battle Group East, also referred to as Task Force Falcon.
Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, adjutant general of Wisconsin, recognized the Soldiers preparing to deploy as well as their families.
"You can count on us," he said. "We'll do our job for you, as I know you'll do your job for the United States of America."
Gov. Scott Walker thanked the Soldiers for their continued dedication.
"Thank you for your service already," Walker said. "Thank you for being here today for this deployment. Most of all, thank you on behalf of a grateful state and a grateful nation."
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett also praised the deploying Soldiers.
"You are making a sacrifice for everyone in this community," he said.
Walker presented Col. Jeffrey Liethen, brigade commander, with a state flag and asked the deploying Soldiers to remember the people of Wisconsin every time they looked at that flag.
Immediately following the ceremony, the deploying Soldiers departed for Camp Atterbury, Ind., for pre-deployment training. They will take part in Kosovo-specific mobilization training in Germany before arriving in Kosovo around Thanksgiving.
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