SPRINGFIELD, IL (06/04/2015)(readMedia)-- Approximately 20 Soldiers mobilize June 7 for mission to Guantanamo Bay
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A deployment ceremony is scheduled for approximately 20 Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers who will deploy to Cuba later this month. The ceremony for the 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) in Springfield, Illinois, will be June 7 at 11 a.m. at Camp Lincoln, 1301 N. MacArthur Blvd. in Springfield, Illinois.
The Soldiers will train for a brief time at Fort Hood, Texas before deploying to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station for approximately nine months. The Soldiers are part of a team of military journalists who will inform the public about military events, training, accomplishments and issues, support media engagements and facilitate community outreach. The unit expects to be home by Spring 2016.
"This deployment is a unique one - there will be a lot of eyes on Guantanamo Bay this coming year," said Capt. Dustin W. Cammack of Chicago, detachment commander. "With the high-visibility military commissions, and now the easing of relations with Cuba - we will be right in the middle of it all. It's an exciting opportunity for my Soldiers and one in which I know they will excel."
The 139th will support media organizations reporting on operations at Task Force Guantanamo. Additionally, the unit will enhance internal communications by publishing a weekly magazine and contributing video and radio products to the Armed Forces Network for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines assigned to the joint task force. The unit last deployed from 2009-2010 to Balad, Iraq.
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