Roughly 400 Wisconsin National Guard soldiers will mobilize this summer for deployment to Afghanistan.

Eau Claire-based 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry will provide security for coalition forces in Afghanistan, the Wisconsin National Guard announced.

The unit includes companies from Menomonie, New Richmond, Rice Lake, Arcadia, Onalaska, River Falls and Abbotsford. Soldiers in 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry deployed to Iraq in 2004-06 and 2009-10 but the battalion has not yet served in Afghanistan.

Another Red Arrow infantry battalion — 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry — was the first to deploy to Afghanistan, arriving this spring with around 400 soldiers.

Last month, more than 350 soldiers from Milwaukee-based 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery returned from a deployment to Afghanistan and other countries in the Middle East.