[Peace-discuss] Centennial High School "deployment ceremony"

[John W.]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Randall Cotton <recotton at earthlink.net>wrote:

The Army National Guard ceremony mentioned at last Sunday's AWARE meeting
> and referred to by Eric Heim in his recent post, was announced as a public
> event in the September 5th News-Gazette (not sure how I missed it):
>
> The article is online at:
>
>
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2008/09/05/sendoffs_for_guard_soldiers_scheduled
>
> But the article is over a week old, so you have to pay to see it online.
> Below is a scanned version from hardcopy.
>
> It's unclear from the article whether this ceremony will happen in the
> middle of the school day or not (and whether students will be attending in
> assembly or not). The time and place is specifically described as
> "tentative". And the actual time of day is not mentioned (how "open to the
> public" is that?) I would venture to say that may not be an accident. But
> it shouldn't stop planning for an anti-war demonstration from going
> forward in my opinion.
>
> R


I suppose you could call Centennial HS and/or the local National Guard to
find out more details.




> ******************************
> National Guard
>
> Deployment ceremony for  soldiers scheduled for Oct. 1
> Event planned for Centennial High open to the public
>
> By Paul Wood
>
> pwood at news-gazette.com
>
> CHAMPAIGN - A deployment ceremony for about 85 Champaign-based National
> Guard troops now has a tentative time and place.
>
> The deployment ceremony will be held Oct. 1 at Champaign Centennial High
> School, 913 Crescent Drive, in its auditorium, unless the Army changes the
> date.
>
> The event will be open to the public, said. First Sgt. Joseph Briggs of
> Mahomet, who is part. of Champaign's Company B, 634th Brigade Support
> Battalion.
>
> The soldiers will be sent first to Fort Bragg in North Carolina for up to
> two months, then on to Afghanistan.
>
> A deployment ceremony for the entire 634th Brigade Support Battalion of
> the National Guard will be held Saturday on the Sullivan High School
> football field at 10 a.m. Saturday.
>
> Sullivan High School is at 725 N. Main St.
>
> The approximately 350 soldiers of the 634th Brigade Support Battalion are
> deploying to Afghanistan this fall as part of the 33rd Infantry Brigade
> Combat Team and  will provide logistical, vehicle maintenance, medical and
> transportation support, according to a National Guard press release. Some
> will train police officers there.
>
> The battalion is made up of Company A based in Mattoon, Company B based in
> Champaign, Company C based in Springfield and Headquarters and
> Headquarters Company based in Sullivan.
>
> Briggs said the statewide deployment was announced last October, giving
> him and his fellow soldiers time to get mentally ready.  "I'd say we're
> excited," Briggs said Thursday, "We're getting a chance to do what we
> signed on for. Motivation is very high. Everyone is a little apprehensive
> as well."
>
> Briggs, who is married and has three nearly-grown children, said extensive
> training has taken the edge off that apprehensiveness. Some soldiers in
> his unit will work with natives of Afghanistan in Fort Bragg training, an
> earlier news release from the Army said.
>
> The deployments are  part of the largest send-off for Illinois .Army
> National Guard soldiers since World War II.
>
>
>
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