KY National Guard Deploys

Frankfort, KY — Kentucky National Guard soldiers are deploying to Guantanamo Bay. A statement from the guard says a departure ceremony was held Friday for more than 120 soldiers with the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 223rd Military Police Company. The soldiers are deploying in support of U.S. Southern Command. The Louisville-based unit was last deployed in 2008-2009 to Baghdad, Iraq, in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.