Senior leaders, including Army Brig. Gen. Mark Malanka, commander of the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, shake hands with members of the Cal Guard's Troop A, Troop B, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, and elements of Detachment 1, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment, as they file onto an airplane, Monday, May 28, 2018, at Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, for the unit's deployment to Jordan. The cavalry troopers will first train in Texas before continuing on overseas to help train their Jordanian military counterparts at the invitation of
Senior leaders, including Army Brig. Gen. Mark Malanka, commander of the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, shake hands with members of the Cal Guard's Troop A, Troop B, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, and elements of Detachment 1, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment, as they file onto an airplane, Monday, May 28, 2018, at Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, for the unit's deployment to Jordan. The cavalry troopers will first train in Texas before continuing on overseas to help train their Jordanian military counterparts at the invitation of the King. “Our mission is to help the Jordanian Army achieve a higher level of excellence and increase interoperability between the two armies,” said 1-18 Command Sgt. Maj. Luis Ferretti. Ferretti said the troopers trained for the mission for more than a year and are extremely excited to assist in the development of their host nation's Army.
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