Governors pull National Guard over immigration policy
The governors of multiple East Coast states have announced that they will not deploy National Guard resources near the U.S.-Mexico border, a largely symbolic but politically significant rejection of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy that has resulted in children being separated from their families.
Mississippi National Guardsmen deploying to US-Mexico border
Mississippi National Guardsmen are being deployed to the southwest U.S.-Mexico border this week to assist with border security.
Photos: Patriotic send-off
Supporters, family and friends of local National Guard members gather alongside Highway 12 in Starkville to say their goodbyes to those leaving for deployment from the National Guard Armory Monday. Kennedi Jones, 6, watches as her father’s bus drives by. “I love my dad. I’m gonna write him lots of letters,” she said. She is the daughter of Constance McFarland and Childon Jones of Aberdeen.
More than 4,000 Mississippi soldiers leaving home for a year
More than 4,000 Mississippi National Guard soldiers are leaving their homes this month as part of a year-long deployment.
Local National Guard units preparing for deployments
Members of the 2nd Battalion of the 114th Field Artillery of the Army National Guard will depart from Starkville and Columbus on Monday to prepare for a one-year deployment to the Middle East.