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TOP NEWS STORY:
848th Engineer s in Douglas deploy to Iraq
 March
31, 2008 - More than 200 family members and friends said farewell
to loved ones Saturday, March 29, as Soldiers of the 848th Engineer
Company in Douglas, Georgia, are headed for Iraq.
“You
cannot get back until you get there,” said Maj. Gen. Terry Nesbitt,
the Adjutant General, as he addressed the men of the 848th. “That tour
begins today and we will not breathe easy until you all return home,”
Nesbitt told the more than 100 Guardsmen at a send off ceremony at the
Douglas armory.”
Nesbitt specifically pointed out the families of the deploying
Guardsmen, calling them, “the brick and mortar,” of the Guard.
“Without you (family members) standing behind them they cannot do what
they need to do.” Full Story >>
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