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Thousands of Ill. Nat'l Guardsmen prepare for deployment (abclocal.go.com)
Most are headed to Afghanistan next month. Illinois National Guardsmen and Airmen are being deployed overseas in numbers we haven't seen since World War II. They are going to global hot spots. And... More
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Casey: Soldiers need more time at home (www.militarytimes.com)
After years of longer and more frequent deployments, soldiers should get more time at home as long as overall demand for troops overseas holds steady, the Army chief of staff said... More
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Helping children of war (washingtontimes.com)
"In 1943, my father just disappeared from my life. He was drafted ... [and] I was two-and-a-half years old and didn't know why my father left me. In those days, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles... More
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National Guard unit receives a proper goodbye (www.enctoday.com)
More than a hundred military personnel, family members and politicians gathered at Tanglewood Church of God on Saturday morning to formally send off the 239 soldiers assigned to Company E of the 230th... More
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20 Percent of U.S. Soldiers Return with PTSD (www.redorbit.com)
Army Maj. Gen. David Blackledge’s bravery extends far beyond the battlefields of Iraq. The 54-year-old two-star Army Reserve general commanded a civil affairs unit during two tours in Iraq, and... More
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60-year-old retiree volunteers, goes to Iraq (www.armytimes.com)
Maj. James Richards Jr. thought his 22-year Army career was done when he retired in 1993. But when the military called, the 60-year-old volunteered for another hitch and deployed to Iraq. The... More
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Woman protests deployment of Guard (www.statesmanjournal.com)
As of Sunday, a Corvallis woman had been camped out on the Capitol steps for nine days to protest next spring's planned deployment of 3,500 Oregon Army National Guard troops to Iraq and... More
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101st BCT coming home from Iraq early (www.militarytimes.com)
Spurred on by a continued decline in violence, the U.S. military will reduce its presence in Iraq to 14 combat brigades this month — at least two months earlier than originally planned. Military... More
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Vigil Urges Legislature to Steer Oregon Guard Away From Deployment (www.salem-news.com)
A woman who camped on the Oregon Capitol steps for several weeks in protest of the war in Iraq in 2002, has returned to Salem to help convince lawmakers to remove Oregon Guard soldiers from a planned... More
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Back to Afghanistan (wluctv6.com)
The 1431st Michigan Army National Guard unit out of Calumet is preparing to deploy to Afghanistan in less than a month. One-hundred-thirteen soldiers from the unit will report for active duty on... More
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