MNG to deploy for border security

About 25 members of a Tupelo-based Mississippi National Guard (MNG) unit will deploy May 11, for a fourth time, to the U.S.-Mexico border to provide border security through aerial surveillance support to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol, the MNG announced May 8. The guardsmen are part of the 151st Aviation Regiment, which flies UH-72 Lakota helicopters, and will deploy up to three weeks. The deployment comes a month after President Trump announced intentions to patrol the border with guardsmen. A send-off ceremony is tentatively scheduled for May 11 from Tupelo’s Army Aviation Support Facility. (Source: The AP 05/08/18)