EL PASO, Texas – Lt. Col. Traci Earls, commander of the 169th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 69th Troop Command, Kansas Army National Guard, left, thanks Soldiers for their hard work and dedication to the mission at a small awards ceremony at Forward Operating Base Westbrook at Fort Bliss, Texas, Jan. 27, 2021. The 169th CSSB, which had originally planned to deploy to Afghanistan in July of 2020, was reassigned to run sustainment operations for COVID-19 mitigation procedures for Soldiers mobilizing to and demobilizing from overseas locations.

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