Community members gathered at Lake George Thursday night to honor three Minnesota National Guard members who lost their lives in a black hawk helicopter crash.
Major General Jon Jensen, Adjutant General of the Minnesota National Guard led a news conference Saturday at the Army Aviation Support Facility at the St. Cloud Airport.
More than 150 soldiers in central Minnesota are heading to Kuwait. The Minnesota National Guard's 851st Vertical Engineer Company based at Camp Ripley will depart Wednesday for a nine-month deployment.
Some National Guard soldiers, and a couple of helicopters, based here in St. Cloud are being deployed to Texas to help with the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.