08.20.11

Hoeven to Attend 188th Engineer Company Send-Off Ceremony Sunday

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven will join military and state officials, friends, and family for the 188th Engineer Company send-off ceremony. The Wahpeton-based unit includes soldiers from nearly 50 communities in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, and it specializes in vertical construction missions. Its soldiers will soon deploy to Kuwait.

Sunday, August 21         

2 p.m. 188th Engineer Company Send-Off Ceremony

          Blikre Activities Center
        11th Street and 14th Avenue
          Wahpeton 

Hoeven is planning additional events in North Dakota while the U.S. Congress is in recess. Some events are scheduled and others are still being planned. Advisories will be issued as additional events are scheduled.