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SC Guard: 1st time all combat units back in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For the first time since 2002, the South Carolina National Guard has no Army or Air Guard combat units on overseas deployments that began after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The one-star Army general is the No. 2 commander of the state's Army and Air National Guard and is in charge of keeping its units trained, ready and equipped. Most of the deployments involved engineer, aviation, and military police units, King said. King said the South Carolina combat missions in the post-9/11 era began in 2002, when F-16 jets with the 169th Fighter Wing were sent to Southwest Asia to support the fighting in Afghanistan. King said the first South Carolina Army National Guard unit sent overseas came in 2003 when the 122nd Engineer Battalion from Edgefield was deployed to Iraq.

 

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