Nikki Haley's husband to deploy to Africa with South Carolina National Guard as she campaigns

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley's husband, Michael Haley, will soon begin a yearlong deployment to Africa with the South Carolina National Guard, while she is campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, a person familiar with the matter tells CBS News.  

Haley's husband is a major in the South Carolina National Guard and joined in 2006 as an officer. 

His deployment is expected to last until spring 2024, while Nikki Haley, a former ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor, is on the campaign trail. This will be Michael Haley's second active-duty deployment overseas. In 2013, he went to Afghanistan's Helmand Province with the South Carolina National Guard.