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Guard units on alert for redeployment
Allie Thomas
Issue date: 2/6/07 Section: Campus News
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Four National Guard units from West Tennessee are now on alert for possible redeployment to the Middle East, said Sgt. 1st Class Randy Harris of the Office of Public Affairs.
The Guardsmen have already served in Iraq from fall 2005 through Oct. 16, 2006, said Staff Sgt. Brown of the 913th of Union City.
The units are "service supporting" units, Harris said. They consist of a supporting battalion, a transportation unit, a rear special-operations unit that acts as a headquarters, and a quartermaster company that monitors supplies.
Harris said that under normal circumstances, Guardsmen can expect to see about 365 days in the field.
The decision of which units will be sent, if any, and when, will come from the Department of Defense and there is a possibility that their stay could be shortened as has happened with other National Guard units, Harris said.
"But that is not likely," he said.
As of now, the troops are on "waiting mode," Harris said, and a phone call will alert them of any further news on deployment.
The Guardsmen have already served in Iraq from fall 2005 through Oct. 16, 2006, said Staff Sgt. Brown of the 913th of Union City.
The units are "service supporting" units, Harris said. They consist of a supporting battalion, a transportation unit, a rear special-operations unit that acts as a headquarters, and a quartermaster company that monitors supplies.
Harris said that under normal circumstances, Guardsmen can expect to see about 365 days in the field.
The decision of which units will be sent, if any, and when, will come from the Department of Defense and there is a possibility that their stay could be shortened as has happened with other National Guard units, Harris said.
"But that is not likely," he said.
As of now, the troops are on "waiting mode," Harris said, and a phone call will alert them of any further news on deployment.
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