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September 26, 2007
R.I. Guard members to deploy for Iraq
PROVIDENCE -- Soldiers of the Rhode Island National Guard are scheduled to leave the Ocean State today for deployment in Iraq.
Lt. Col. Denis Riel says about 175 members of the 103rd Field Artillery Brigade will serve as military police during a security mission near Baghdad. Their rotation will last for one year.
Army officials say the overseas deployment is the first for C Company, 1st Battalion, since the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Some of its soldiers previously volunteered to serve abroad with other units.
The soldiers of C Company will train at Fort Dix in New Jersey before leaving for Iraq.
-- The Associated Press
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Hello,
I am a mom of a 17 year old Army Boy!!
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