Senator Steve Daines, left, and governor Steve Bullock applaud after a speech at a deployment reception for the 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion of the Montana Army National Guard at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell on Saturday. The unit will leave Montana on Sunday for a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. They are deploying in support of Operation Freedoms Sentinel in Afghanistan. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
May 19, 2018
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May 19, 2018 7:07 p.m.
GALLERY: Ceremony honors Montana Army National Guard members deploying overseas
Approximately 60 soldiers with the Montana Army National Guard, headquarted in Kalispell, were sent off Saturday with a celebration at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock were in attendance.