Saturday’s near-capacity crowd rose to its feet for a 10-minute on-field ceremony honoring the 136th Expeditionary Signal Battalion of the Texas National Guard, which is about to depart for training at Fort Hood and deployment to Kuwait and six other countries.
The guard unit provides communications services to U.S. troops in Kuwait, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. About 300 soldiers and family members received tickets to Saturday’s game, which was broadcast, along with the pregame ceremony, on the Armed Forces Network.