Florida Gov. Rick Scott was in Jacksonville Monday to send off a Florida Air National Guard Wing on a deployment to Europe.
Two hundred airmen from the 125th Fighter Wing will spend the next six months training in Operation Atlantic Resolve alongside NATO allies.
The Florida National Guard has been deployed 100 times since Sept. 11, 2001. Scott said that’s because they are well-trained and ready to defend freedom.
"This is becoming normal for our National Guard," Scott said. "We are perceived to be the best National Guard in the United States."
The airmen will be stationed in the Netherlands and Bulgaria.
