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LAKE, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The North Dakota Army National Guard has received an alert for possible mobilization of the Devils Lake Guard Unit.

Roughly 60 members of the 136th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) were placed in an alert status. The decision to mobilize has not yet occurred, but upon a final decision, an official Department of the Army mobilization order will be published. If mobilized, the unit would provide support to a joint operational area in Afghanistan early next year.

“The men and women of the 136th CSSB are fully qualified logisticians trained to employ their skills in a myriad of support operations,” said Maj. Gen. Alan S. Dohrmann, North Dakota adjutant general. “In addition to the technical competence of our Soldiers, the support of their families, friends and employers during this overseas deployment, will help ensure their overall mission success.”

The unit is led by Lt. Col. Brock Larson, of Bismarck, and Command Sgt. Maj. Darcy Schwind, of Mandan, North Dakota. Soldiers in the unit hail from more than 25 communities across North Dakota, Minnesota, Kentucky and Nevada.