Arkansas National Guard troops rotated to southern border
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Officials with the Arkansas National Guard said on Friday that troops are being rotated to the southern border.
Officials said nearly 120 Arkansas National Guardsmen and four UH-72 Lakota aircraft from 1st Battalion,114th Security and Support Aviation Regiment, 77th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, will depart Oct. 5 for a 13-month Title 10 federal active-duty deployment to the nation’s southern border in Texas to support U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
The deployment is a routine rotation to replace National Guard units currently serving along the southern border in support of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, officials said.
Mobilized Arkansas Guardsmen include UH-72 pilots, crew chiefs, mechanics, flight operations personnel, fuelers, and battalion staff from Alpha Company and the Headquarters and Headquarter Company. They are expected to return home in November 2026.
Officials said the 1-114th has subordinate units in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Puerto Rico. The Arkansas Guardsmen will deploy with roughly 170 Guardsmen and more than a dozen other UH-72s from Bravo Company, 1-114, from Texas and Oklahoma, and Charlie Company, 1-114, from Mississippi and Louisiana.
First stop for the Guardsmen will be their mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. From there, they will disperse to various assigned locations along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to officials.
The UH-72 is a twin-engine, single-main-rotor helicopter used to support Homeland Security missions. It has seating for two pilots and up to six passengers, or two NATO-standard litters.
A departure ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 5 at Camp Joseph T. Robinson.
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