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

[Tom Hansen]

This is NOT the time to be ignorantly political, Dave.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> 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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