CT National Guard Military Police unit departs for Guantanamo
January 02, 2020 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: January 03, 2020 10:27 am
Connecticut Army National Guard Specialist Chris Murphy embraces his wife Jadin as members of the guard's 192nd Military Police Battalion say goodbye to their families as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 192nd Military Police Battalion say goodbye to their families as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020.
The Niantic-based unit will spend several weeks training at a mobilization site at an active duty Army post in Texas before heading overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force Guantanamo.
The 192nd last deployed to Guantanamo Bay in 2015-16 in support of detainee operations.
Currently, there about 120 Connecticut National Guard soldiers deployed there on a similar mission. Gov. Ned Lamont recently made a one-day trip to visit the Westbrook-based 643rd Military Policy Company, which is expected to return to the United States soon.
Connecticut Army National Guard Specialist Juliana Bartha, right, of Norwich, embraces her friend Talia Rickerson, as members of the guard's 192nd Military Police Battalion say goodbye to their families as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Connecticut Army National Guard Lt. Candice Bard says goodby to her husband Alex and daughter Vera as members of the guard's 192nd Military Police Battalion say goodbye to their families as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Connecticut Army National Guard Specialist Tyrone Taylor embraces his daughter Autumn, 9, after handing son Lucas, 1, to his wife Nicholette, at left, as members of the guard's 192nd Military Police Battalion say goodbye to their families as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Family of members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 192nd Military Police Battalion watch their loved ones as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard's 192nd Military Police Battalion form-up after saying goodbye to their families before they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 192nd Military Police Battalion march to their charter jet as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 192nd Military Police Battalion say goodbye to their families as they march out to their charter aircrast to depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 192nd Military Police Battalion march out to their charter aircrast to depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Major Gen. Francis Evon, left, commanding officer of the Connecticut National Gaurd, bids farewell to members of the 192nd Military Police Battalion as they board their chatter jet to depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 192nd Military Police Battalion board their charter jet as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Connecticut Army National Guard Capt. Daniel Pasqale, left, and Maj. Carmelo Pena, wave to their families as they stand at the end of the line of soldiers from the 192nd Military Police Battalion boarding their charter jet to depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Agnes Rismay, of Bloomfield, waves to her son, Specialist Jamal Rimsay, of the Connecticut Army National Guard 192nd Military Police Battalion as the soldiers depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Loved ones watch as a charter jet carrying members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 192nd Military Police Battalion taxies to the runway after departing from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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