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Amber Simpkins and her daughter Elezia Simpkins rub noses during a farewell ceremony of the 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG) in Gulfport, Miss. on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. Approximately 140 Mississippi Army National Guard soldiers are mobilizing for one year to Kuwait to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Detachments of the 1108th will serve in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the Horn of Africa. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, Tim Isbell)
Members of the 223rd Engineer Battalion in West Point, the Forward Support Company of the 223rd Engineer in Aberdeen and the 288th Engineer Company (Sapper) in Houston, Miss., will head for Fort, Bliss, Texas, after the ceremonies for additional training.
The ceremony for the 90 soldiers in the Houston unit will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Houston courthouse square.
The ceremony for the 70 soldiers of West Point company is at 3 p.m. Saturday at the West Point High School football stadium.
The ceremony for the 90 soldiers in Aberdeen is at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Aberdeen American Legion building on Mississippi Highway 145.