SALISBURY, Md. -- 71 Members of The Maryland National Guard are gearing up for a year long deployment. It was a bitter sweet send off for those in the Maryland National Guards 115th Police Battalion in Salisbury Thursday.
Tearful goodbyes to loved ones, getting ready for a year long deployment..first to Fort Bliss, Texas then to Afghanistan.
"The head quarters detachment from Salisbury army with be going and be responsible for multiple companies to conduct military police operation in Kandahar," Lt. Col. Andrew Collins tells WMDT.
We also caught up with his wife and family. Christy Collins is heavily involved with the Family Support Group. They provide support and care packages to the National Guard while overseas.
"I felt the need was there that and for the children and a little bit for our own personal satisfaction," she tells us.
But for Elizabeth Holland, she's due to give birth to her first child any day now, facing the realization that she will be doing it alone.
"I know it's going to hit me tomorrow I'm going to ball like a baby. I'm sure just knowing now that we're married and now I have to see my husband leave and I have a baby on the way it's just hitting me hard," she tells us.
The 115th Military Police Battalion will be joined by 26 Bosnian Soldiers to help with the mission.
They are scheduled to leave Friday morning at 5am.
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