Louisiana National Guard Capt. Clint Gleason, a Haughton, Louisiana native and commander of the 1020th Engineer Company, 527th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, gives his daughter a Hug-A-Hero bear during a deployment ceremony at Avoyelles Public Charter School in Mansura, Louisiana, Oct. 18, 2017. The Marksville-based unit deployed more than 150 Soldiers to Kuwait and other locations in the region to provide vertical construction operations to improve forward operating base conditions in support of Operation Spartan Shield. ( Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Noshoba Davis)

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