PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Rhode Island National Guard will host a departure ceremony for soldiers with the Alpha Company 1-182nd Infantry before they deploy to Afghanistan.
About 130 soldiers in the unit will Saturday after the 12 p.m. ceremony at the Quonset Air Guard Base in North Kingstown.
According to the Rhode Island Adjutant General's office the soldiers will spend the next year performing security missions related to Afghan reconstruction projects.
The soldiers will travel to a base in Indiana before going overseas.
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