A sendoff ceremony will be held today, Aug. 28, beginning at 2:30pm, in the Governor\u2019s Cabinet conference room of the Governor Ricardo J. Bordallo Complex, in Adelup, to bid farewell to deploying airmen.<\/p>\n
Overseas deployments continue for the Guam Air National Guard, with airmen from the 254th Security Forces Squadron and the 254th Comptroller Flight to deploy in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve later this month.<\/p>\n
The members of the 254th\u00a0Security Forces\u00a0Squadron\u00a0are tasked with the\u00a0protection of\u00a0federal property from hazards such as sabotage, espionage, trespass, theft, fire, and accident or\u00a0willful damage and destruction and to maintain law and order, preserve the\u00a0peace, and protect life and civil rights within\u00a0the\u00a0U.S. Central Command Theater of Operations in order to engineer combat power and\u00a0establish and sustain combat platforms.<\/p>\n
A member of the 254th Comptroller Flight will support U.S. Air Force CENTCOM with a mission to\u00a0provide war fighting support capabilities and enhance the tools\u00a0required to perform the job by developing an expeditionary mindset, improving contingency\/war fighting capabilities, and improving comptroller\u00a0war planning.<\/p>\n
The Guard asks the public for their continued support as this deployment will have a significant impact on our Air Guard component.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to thank the people of Guam, especially the employers, for their continued support of our airmen and their families,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Roderick R. Leon Guerrero, the adjutant general for the Guam National Guard.\u00a0\u201cWe still have airmen from the 254th Red Horse Squadron who are currently deployed or supporting missions around the world.\u00a0Please keep them and these airmen in your thoughts and prayers now as they prepare to deploy and for the duration of their deployment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The airmen are scheduled to leave in the coming weeks and will be deployed for approximately six months. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A sendoff ceremony will be held today, Aug. 28, beginning at 2:30pm, in the Governor\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[22483,22484,1205,2301],"class_list":["post-283209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-bordallo-complex","tag-comptroller-flight","tag-guam-guard","tag-security-forces-squadron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}