ALBANY, Ore. – The Oregon Army National Guard is deploying approximately 130 Soldiers assigned to Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment to Poland to support the European Deterrence Initiative as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
The Soldiers were formally mobilized in a ceremony held on April 25, at the West Albany High School football stadium as family, friends and co-workers were in attendance to send them off prior to their upcoming deployment.
The unit has been deployed in 2004 to Iraq and as part of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) to Afghanistan in 2014. In 2015, 1-82 Cavalry was selected to participate in the West Coast Stryker Brigade Transformation and became part of the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Headquarter in Washington State.