{"id":291955,"date":"2019-01-17T06:06:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=291955"},"modified":"2019-01-17T06:06:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:06:36","slug":"guam-guard-airmen-continue-departing-for-deployments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/guam-guard-airmen-continue-departing-for-deployments\/","title":{"rendered":"Guam Guard Airmen continue departing for deployments"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_291957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-291957\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Guam-pix-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Guam-pix-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" class=\"size-full wp-image-291957\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-291957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chaplain William Kirkland, at center, leads Airmen, from the 254th Force Support Squadron, and their families in prayer, at the Guam International Airport Authority, prior to their departure over the weekend for a deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Southwest Asia.  (MAJ. JOSEPHINE BLAS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR THE GUAM NATIONAL GUARD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Airmen from the Guam Air National Guard\u2019s 254th Force Support Squadron (254FSS) departed over the weekend en route to a deployed location in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Southwest Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The Airmen of the 254FSS will enhance combat readiness by providing worldwide agile combat support and community services by delivering superior morale, welfare, recreation, manpower, and personnel programs services.<\/p>\n<p>The Guard asks the public for their continued support as this deployment will, once again, have a significant impact on our Air Guard component. \u201cThese Airmen join other Airmen, from the 254th RED HORSE Squadron and the 254th Security Forces Squadron, who are currently deployed or supporting missions around the world. Please 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<p>More Airmen are scheduled to leave in the coming days and weeks as required. The Airmen will be deployed for approximately six months. (PR)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_291956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-291956\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Guam-pix-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Guam-pix-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" class=\"size-full wp-image-291956\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-291956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Airmen from the Guam Air National Guard\u2019s 254th Security Forces Squadron pose for a photo with Guam National Guard leadership at the Guam International Airport Authority last week, just prior to departing for a deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Southwest Asia. (MAJ. JOSEPHINE BLAS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR THE GUAM NATIONAL GUARD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airmen from the Guam Air National Guard\u2019s 254th Force Support Squadron (254FSS) departed over the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":291956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291955","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=291955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}