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Soldiers ready to ship out
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ^
| March 22, 2004
| By BETH IPSEN, Staff Writer
Posted on 03/23/2004 1:35:05 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
FORT WAINWRIGHT--Eight desert camouflage uniforms stood out among a formation of about 20 soldiers of the 68th Air Ambulance Company at a Fort Wainwright deployment ceremony at the company's hangar Friday.
Tan uniforms among a backdrop of green has become a common sight in the last year as select troops among Alaska's military have been sent to Southwest Asia to help fight in the war against terrorism.
Within the next two weeks the eight will join the 1,037 Alaska soldiers that have been deployed to either Afghanistan or Iraq since Oct. 1, according to Maj. Gen. John Brown, commander of Alaska's Army soldiers.
Brown said that number will grow over the next year and a half.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Alaska; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; deployment; fortwainwright; godspeed; iraq; oif2; rotation
To: alaska-sgt
Please know they will live in our thoughts & prayers.
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03/23/2004 4:01:31 AM PST
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getgoing
To: alaska-sgt; Kathy in Alaska; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; TEXOKIE; Alamo-Girl; windchime; ...
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03/23/2004 8:50:17 AM PST
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Ragtime Cowgirl
("(We)..come to rout out tyranny from its nest. Confusion to the enemy." - B. Taylor, US Marine)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democ
rats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!
~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~
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03/23/2004 9:02:36 AM PST
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blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
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03/23/2004 11:52:59 PM PST
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windchime
(Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
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