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Local soldiers prepare to deploy to Afghanistan

Local families said “see you later” to 25 soldiers on Saturday, as they prepared to head overseas. The Pennsylvania National Guard held a deployment...

Local families said "see you later" to 25 soldiers on Saturday, as they prepared to head overseas. The Pennsylvania National Guard held a deployment ceremony at the Lebanon Readiness Center.

The 828th Finance Management Support Detachment and two other units, are being deployed to locations in Afghanistan. Of the 25 soldiers deploying, it will be the first deployment for 18 of them. They will be overseas for about a year and will handle military pay and provide banking services to forces.

"Its to recognize the mission we're going to go through, it's a deployment, so we're going to be away from the family that long, so to have a ceremony to say goodbye," said Anhthi Vuong, Detachment Sergeant.

The York VFW provided lunch for the sendoff, so the soldiers could enjoy the afternoon with their families.

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