The Indiana National Guard will host a departure ceremony on race day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for about 600 soldiers, including seven from Columbus, who are deploying to Kuwait.
The ceremony will be at 10 a.m. Sunday — just hours before the drop of the green flag for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, Gen. Michael X. Garrett, the U.S. Forces Command commander and Maj. Gen. Courtney P. Carr, Indiana National Guard adjutant general, will speak during the ceremony.
The deploying soldiers are part of the Indiana National Guard’s 38th Infantry Division and are deploying in support of the U.S. Army Central Command’s Task Force Spartan.
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