National Guard soldiers attend deployment ceremony

By KEITH ROGERS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

11 years ago

Sandie O’Harron, mother of a soldier, prays during the final benediction at a deployment ceremony at The Orleans hotel-casino on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Las Vegas. About thirty Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company will head to New Jersey this week for additional training before traveling overseas to Afghanistan to provide security and transportation for high-ranking NATO and International Security Assistance Force officials. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Sgt. Wessley Gonzalez holds his son, Caleb, after a deployment ceremony at The Orleans hotel-casino on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Las Vegas. About thirty Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company will head to New Jersey this week for additional training before traveling overseas to Afghanistan to provide security and transportation for high-ranking NATO and International Security Assistance Force officials. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Staff Sgt. Jacob Costello spends a few moments with his son, Riley Costello, before the start of a deployment ceremony at The Orleans hotel-casino on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Las Vegas. About thirty Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company will head to New Jersey this week for additional training before traveling overseas to Afghanistan to provide security and transportation for high-ranking NATO and International Security Assistance Force officials. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Sgt. Christy Tomko salutes with her fellow soldiers during a deployment ceremony at The Orleans hotel-casino on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Las Vegas. About thirty Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company will head to New Jersey this week for additional training before traveling overseas to Afghanistan to provide security and transportation for high-ranking NATO and International Security Assistance Force officials. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Members of the Nevada Army National Guard Color Guard stand at attention during a deployment ceremony at The Orleans hotel-casino on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Las Vegas. About thirty Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company will head to New Jersey this week for additional training before traveling overseas to Afghanistan to provide security and transportation for high-ranking NATO and International Security Assistance Force officials. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Members of the 72nd Military Police Company stand at attention during a deployment ceremony at The Orleans hotel-casino on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Las Vegas. About thirty Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company will head to New Jersey this week for additional training before traveling overseas to Afghanistan to provide security and transportation for high-ranking NATO and International Security Assistance Force officials. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Gov. Brian Sandoval speaks during a deployment ceremony at The Orleans hotel-casino on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Las Vegas. Sandoval said "Obviously this is a difficult time and it highlights even more your bravery, your courage, your service to our country." About thirty Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company will head to New Jersey this week for additional training before traveling overseas to Afghanistan to provide security and transportation for high-ranking NATO and International Security Assistance Force officials. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

About 30 Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company participate in a deployment ceremony Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, at the Orleans. They will train first at a New Jersey military base before heading to Afghanistan to provide security and transportation for high-ranking NATO and International Security Assistance Force officials. In May, they will be replaced another platoon of 30 soldiers from the 72nd MP Company.