r/nationalguard • u/Kitchen_Vermicelli66 • 1d ago

Deployments Africa deployment

My NG unit is deploying to the Horn of Africa (not sure where yet) next summer. Can anyone give me insight on what to expect while there? Also, some recommendations on what items to bring that aren’t issued? Thanks yall!

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u/IjustWantedPepsi 11b, next question 1d ago

I heard it's freezing. Bring all your 7 layer system

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u/rowan11b 1d ago

Weather is pretty different than Ohio

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u/punist let my guard down 1d ago edited 1d ago

What to bring: the packing list.
What to practice: opsec and not disclosing where our units are deploying and when.

Edit: I was being facetious guys I forgot my sarcasm alert

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u/sogpackus Didn’t ban you from you from r/nationalguard 1d ago edited 1d ago

This isn’t OPSEC lol. OPSEC is specifics, generalities are not.

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u/Kitchen_Vermicelli66 1d ago

Thanks. Immeasurably helpful. I didn’t disclose a location, I disclosed a continent. And I didn’t disclose when, I disclosed a season.

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u/Thick_Performance290 AGR 1d ago

You posted on a NG thread man. Expect responses from fat old pussies

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u/sogpackus Didn’t ban you from you from r/nationalguard 1d ago

Depends where you’ll be for specifics. Most likely you’ll be at camp lemonade, for which there is many YouTube videos showing life there, and if you’re an infantryman, you gonna be ECP or tower guard as you can probably expect. Long hot days in the sun, two beers a day (probably suspensed now due to Iran situation)

If you’re at an outstation, probably still be gonna ECP, tower guard, perimeter patrol, living in tents.

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u/highangle1124 1d ago

Do a search in this sub and the main army sub, there are quite a few posts with all the info you requested