[Vision2020] 126th Engineer Company to Depart On/About September 17th

[Dave]

We should be telling these boys that following an unlawful order is an 
unlawful act. They should not go!

Dave


Tom Hansen wrote:
> Anybody interested in assisting me in coordinating a send-off for the
> 126th give me a shout off-list.
>
> Courtesy of the Army Times.
>
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> 2,700 guardsmen from northwest going to Iraq
>
> By Rebecca Boone - The Associated Press
> Posted : Tuesday Apr 27, 2010 8:13:24 EDT
>
> BOISE, Idaho — More than 2,700 members of the Army National Guard in
> Idaho, Montana and Oregon will be sent to Iraq for a yearlong deployment
> this fall.
>
> The members of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team will go to Camp
> Shelby, Miss., for about two months of training starting Sept. 17, before
> heading to Iraq for the remaining 10 months of the deployment, Col. Tim
> Marsano said.
>
> About 1,500 of the soldiers are from Idaho.
>
> The Department of Defense notified the Idaho National Guard last fall that
> as many as 3,500 guardsmen could be deployed to Iraq this year. The
> Pentagon has since decided it does not need that many soldiers from the
> 116th, Marsano said.
>
> Many of the soldiers will mark their second deployment to Iraq. Among them
> is Col. Don Blunck, the brigade deputy commander. He first went to Iraq
> when the Idaho National Guard deployed for 18 months in late 2004.
>
> “I think we are better prepared in that we know what to expect as this
> process goes along. Last time, we really didn’t know what the initial
> mobilization day was going to be like, what it was going to be like to
> move into Kuwait and then into Iraq,” Blunck said.
>
> His family also is better equipped to deal with his absence, he said.
>
> Still, all that readiness doesn’t necessarily lower the stress of a
> deployment, Blunck said.
>
> “I still have to get into that mindset that I’m here to do a job and I’m
> not going to worry about what could happen to me,” he said. “It’s harder
> on family at home.”
>
> Gov. C.L. Otter said the soldiers would represent the state well.
>
> “With the help and understanding of friends, employers and other community
> members, I have no doubt our hometown heroes will succeed again,” Otter
> said.
>
> Brig. Gen. Gary Sayler, Idaho’s adjutant general, said support centers
> around the state will help family members of deployed soldiers cope with
> their absence.
>
> Monday’s orders also affect Montana’s 163rd Cavalry Regiment and Company E
> of the 145th Forward Support Battalion. Once mobilized, the 145th and the
> 163rd will be attached to the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team.
>
> More than 500 soldiers from across Montana will be affected by the
> deployment, Montana Guard Lt. Dan Bushnell told the Helena Independent
> Record.
>
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>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
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