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Utah Guard unit to provide two weeks of duty
Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista Arizona (AP Story) ^
| Arthur H. Rotstein
Posted on 06/06/2006 6:50:57 PM PDT by SandRat
SAN LUIS — Military bulldozers, road graders and other heavy equipment rumbled along the Mexican border early Monday as more than 50 National Guardsmen from Utah became the first unit to get to work under President Bush’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
The soldiers with the 116th Construction Support Equipment Company will hit their work sites by 5:30 a.m. during their two weeks of duty. They will improve a dirt road running parallel to the border, fill in gaps in fortified fencing and run wiring for new lighting to help the Border Patrol spot illegal crossers. “It’s exciting to do something that’s relevant to the safety of the United States,” --- snip
(Excerpt) Read more at svherald.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; US: Arizona; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: border; duty; guard; illegalaliens; provide; unit; utah; weeks
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posted on
06/06/2006 6:50:59 PM PDT
by
SandRat
To: HiJinx; Spiff; Borax Queen; idratherbepainting; AZHSer; Sabertooth; Marine Inspector; A Navy Vet; ..
Border update on Guardsmen
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posted on
06/06/2006 6:51:37 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
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posted on
06/06/2006 6:55:31 PM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
(Fine employers $100,000 for every illegal employee they hire-> millions of illegals will self-deport)
To: soccer_maniac
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posted on
06/06/2006 6:56:17 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
What happened to "We'll stay the course. We will not tire. We will not falter" concept?
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posted on
06/06/2006 6:57:20 PM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
(Fine employers $100,000 for every illegal employee they hire-> millions of illegals will self-deport)
To: soccer_maniac
"We'll stay the course. We will not tire. We will not falter"
"...until June 20 or so. Then we're going home."
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posted on
06/06/2006 6:59:23 PM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: soccer_maniac
Units will be rotated every two weeks is what I understand.
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posted on
06/06/2006 7:04:56 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Auxiliary Member of the Anaheim Azusa and Cucamonga Sewing Circle Book Review and Timing Association)
To: SandRat
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