November 16, 2020 3:50 a.m. 

A demobilization ceremony for Oregon Army National Guard solders of the 1-186 Infantry, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team was held on Sunday at the National Guard Armory in Roseburg.

Director of Public Affairs Stephen Bomar, of the Oregon Military Department said the event was held to recognize and honor the nearly yearlong deployment as part of Task Force Guardian. Bomar said the ceremony acknowledged all of the efforts that contributed to peace keeping and security throughout Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti.

The deployment was a part of the second largest mobilization of Oregon National Guard citizen soldiers since World War 2.