A group of local National Guard heroes are headed for Afghanistan...

On A Mission To Mentor
When the fledgling Afghan National Army runs into a problem within the next year, when it struggles with communications issues, when it's unsure how to build an airfield or can't get the right unit to the right battle, it will probably turn to specialists from Connecticut.

Fifteen senior members of the Connecticut National Guard leave today for training in Kansas, but they will soon be in Afghanistan, where they will be mentoring its security forces. Men with long U.S. military careers -- a colonel, several lieutenant colonels and majors and a number of senior enlisted men -- will advise their Afghan counterparts...

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