{"id":15691,"date":"2023-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=15691"},"modified":"2023-06-19T06:48:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T06:48:18","slug":"40th-infantry-division-soldiers-mobilize-to-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=15691","title":{"rendered":"40th Infantry Division Soldiers Mobilize to Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n U.S. Army Soldiers stand in formation during the 40th Infantry Division deployment ceremony at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, Calif., June 11, 2023. The 40th Infantry Division will take part in peacekeeping Operation Spartan Shield in southwest Asia. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Pfc. William Franco Espinosa)
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JOINT FORCES TRAINING BASE LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. –\u00a0The California National Guard\u2019s 40th Infantry Division held a historical deployment ceremony before mobilizing to support Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve, missions to build partner capacity and increase regional security in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The 40th ID has not deployed as a division since the Korean War in January 1952. The division fought valiantly through four campaigns and continues to keep close ties with the Korean community and Korean War veterans.<\/p>\n

Today, the Sunburst Division will deploy Soldiers across the Middle East, including Iraq, Jordan and Kuwait.<\/p>\n

Division Soldiers spent the past year preparing for the deployment with annual trainings and warfighter exercises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis deployment will test, though, our capabilities \u2026 but I can attest to all of you that this division headquarters, the Sunburst Division, is up for the challenge,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Michael Leeney, commander of the 40th ID.<\/p>\n

This will be the first deployment for many young Soldiers such as Pfc. Bryson Brown, a signal support specialist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to earn my [deployment] patch,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI am already proud of this uniform, but this patch will put me a step above most Soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n

For others \u2014 senior officers and enlisted \u2014 the deployment presents new opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201dI think every mission within the military gives an opportunity to grow,\u201d says Capt. Fernando Ruelas. \u201cI am now an older officer, and I am able to see the bigger picture as opposed to my previous deployments. Now I\u2019ll have a greater responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior leaders of the Cal Guard, Rep. Michelle Steel with the 45th Congressional District and state Sen. Bob Archuleta attended the departure ceremony, along with friends and families of the Soldiers.<\/p>\n

During the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Beevers, the adjutant general of the Cal Guard, encouraged the deploying Soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are the California National Guard, and you will bring uniquely California values to the region. Values of tolerance and values of treating everybody with dignity and respect,\u201d said Beevers.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Army Soldiers stand in formation during the 40th Infantry Division deployment ceremony at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, Calif., June 11, 2023. The 40th Infantry Division will take part in peacekeeping Operation Spartan Shield in southwest Asia. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Pfc. William Franco Espinosa) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15693,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15694,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15691\/revisions\/15694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}