[Peace-discuss] both Urbana and Champaign components of Army National Guard deploying to Afghanistan soon

[E. Wayne Johnson]

I dont recall hearing about it till now.

I am getting so sick of these neocons.




Randall Cotton wrote:
> There are impending public deployment ceremonies for both the
> Champaign-based 634th Brigade Support Battalion, Company B and the
> Urbana-based 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters. They are
> headed to Afghanistan. I am disappointed to say that when I checked
> around, I found there was no interest in having any kind of AWARE presence
> at events like this.
>
> R
>
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2008/09/26/deployment_ceremonies_on_tap_for_guard_units
>
> Deployment ceremonies on tap for Guard units
> By Paul Wood
> Friday September 26, 2008
>
> Two local National Guard units will have deployment ceremonies where
> well-wishers can properly see them off to eventual posts in Afghanistan.
>
> A ceremony to honor about 240 soldiers of the headquarters company of the
> 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, housed at the Urbana Armory, will be
> held at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., C, at
> 2 p.m. Sunday. Guests are urged to arrive early.
>
> And on Oct. 1, Bravo Company of the 634th Brigade Support Battalion, with
> about 85 soldiers at the Champaign Armory, will have its own deployment
> ceremony at 7 p.m. at Centennial High School, 913 S. Crescent Drive, C.
>
> The Champaign troops will provide logistical support, vehicle maintenance,
> medical and transportation support.
>
> Cassandra Wentz, the family readiness group leader for Bravo company, said
> supporters will begin a yellow ribbon campaign for the local troops
> starting Sunday. More information is available at 352-1274.
>
> "We want to show support in every way we can," said Wentz, whose husband
> is heading overseas.
>
> "That includes for the children," she added. "If you live on a base, there
> are many resources for families, but with the Guard, the citizen soldier,
> your children may not know any other children whose fathers are being
> deployed."
>
> The Headquarters company of the Urbana unit will be the command and
> control element of Task Force Phoenix VIII in Afghanistan, according to a
> National Guard release.
>
> The 30 units of the 33rd and two units of the 404th Chemical Brigade will
> be joined by various coalition partners and forces from other U.S. service
> components to form the remainder of the task force, it said.
>
> The Illinois National Guard will have its largest overseas deployment of
> soldiers since World War II.
>
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