Officials with the Oklahoma National Guard will discuss the possible deployment of thousands of troops with the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan.Maj. Gen. Myles Deering, the Adjutant General for Oklahoma, is scheduled to speak about the potential deployment Wednesday afternoon in Oklahoma City. A Guard spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment, and the governor's office would not confirm the deployment ahead of the 3 p.m. news conference.
The 45th IBCT is the state's largest National Guard element - about 2,600 soldiers from across the state.
The combat team was mobilized in 2007 for a 1-year deployment to Iraq. At the time, it was the largest deployment of state guard members since the Korean War.
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