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

[John W.]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:59 PM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

I dont recall hearing about it till now.
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> I am getting so sick of these neocons.


Every time I see Dubya on TV or hear him speak I want to run screaming from
the room.  He and his ilk will be the death of me in one way or another.




> 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
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>> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2008/09/26/deployment_ceremonies_on_tap_for_guard_units
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>> 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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