GALLERY: Ceremony honors Montana Army National Guard members deploying overseas
Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 6 years, 8 months AGO
Montana Senator Steve Daines has his picture taken with, from left, Ciel Williams, Henry Williams, Shea Williams, Sean Williams and Scott Williams, of Kalispell, at a deployment reception at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. The unit is deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Senator Steve Daines, left, and governor Steve Bullock applaud after a speech at a deployment reception for the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion of the Montana Army National Guard at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The unit will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. They are deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Friends and family gather at a deployment reception for the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The unit will leave Montana Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. They are deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Command Sgt. Major John Christiansen, of the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, speaks at a deployment reception for friends and family gathered at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The unit will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. They are deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Montana Senator Steve Daines speaks with Montana National Guard Command Senior Enlisted Leader and Air Force Command Chief Anthony Stovall at a deployment reception at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. The unit is deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Members of the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion gather with family and friends at a deployment reception at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The unit will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. They are deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Members of the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion bow their heads in prayer at a deployment reception at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The unit will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. They are deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
A woman applauds a speaker at a deployment reception for the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The unit will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. They are deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Members of the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion with the Montana Army National Guard gather at a deployment reception for friends and family at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The unit will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. They are deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Approximately 60 soldiers with the Montana Army National Guard, headquarted in Kalispell, were sent off Saturday with a celebration at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock were in attendance.
The soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. The unit is deploying in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan.
