On Saturday, Nov. 27, Bedford’s own National Guard Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division will be leaving Bedford on a one year out of country deployment to Africa. This deployment is part of the continuing military “Operation Enduring Freedom” part of America’s global war on terrorism in response to the Sept. 11 attacks. This will be the company’s fifth deployment as a company after Iraq ‘04, Kosovo ’07, Iraq ’10, and Qatar ’16.