He's Army Infantry and currently stationed on the border somewhere in Arizona. He was told to expect to be over there for 6-9 months by his superiors. Looks like they don't plan on this ending soon.
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The same reason they've been deployed to Afghanistan for the last 20 years. Don't forget, NG is 3/4 the size of the Active Army and about half of all the troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003.
And yes, a significant number are Infantry.