Three brigades cased their colors during a ceremony at Fort RIley on Tuesday.

The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade and 1st Sustainment Brigade are deploying on overseas assignment. The first two units are headed to Europe while the Sustainment Brigade will be providing support in Afghanistan.

Junction City Commissioner Phyllis Fitzgerald was in attendance for the casing ceremony at Marshall Army Airfield. “So they case the colors when they leave. All the Soldiers are starting to leave for deployment. We just keep them in our thoughts and prayers and we have assured them while they’re gone that we will help to take care of their families, and we’ll be here for them and the Soldiers when they return.”

The nine-month deployments are expected to include more than 5,000 Soldiers.