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November 30, 2007

R.I. Guardsmen head to Fort Benning, then Iraq

Six Rhode Island Army National Guard members will leave for Fort Benning, Ga., tomorrow ahead of deployment to Iraq.

The six members are from Company D, 126th Theater Aviation, and will take their C-23 Sherpa transport aircraft to Iraq for the unit's second deployment since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The unit's headquarters is Quonset National Guard Base.

The unit was last in Iraq from December 2005 to November 2006. The unit won recognition as the Army’s Fixed Wing Unit of the Year in 2006. Most members being deployed were deployed with the unit in 2005-2006.

A departure ceremony is tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the Army Aviation Support Facility, Hangar 2, 104 Airport St., North Kingstown. The public is invited.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:35 PM | Permalink

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