Ohio Guard call-up said to be largest since WW II

[unhappycamper]

Ohio Guard call-up said to be largest since WW II
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Article published Monday, December 31, 2007

COLUMBUS - The U.S. military is giving the Ohio National Guard its biggest call-up since World War II this week, sending about 1,600 troops to Kuwait, with some of them going on to Iraq.

With their departure, the guard is doing more to help members' families.

The 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is spread throughout Ohio and includes another 1,100 soldiers from Michigan.

Members of the unit have been deployed in individual companies or battalions since the terrorist attacks of 2001, but it's more than 60 years since so many left as one unit, Guard spokesman Maj. Nicole Gabriel said.

Some 300 Ohio Guard members are deployed now, Major Gabriel said. The Ohio Guard, including the Army and Air branches, has a total strength of more than 15,000.


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[Freedomofspeech]

1. And happy new year to all of their families.

[Berry Cool]

2. Every time I go to the movies, I see commercials for the National Guard

and the people in the ad going on and on and on about how wonderful it is to be able to help people in times of crisis and all that rot. Making it sound like you'll spend all your time stateside coming to the aid of tornado survivors. Like you're in the freaking Red Cross.

I think of all the poor kids in the seats listening to this propaganda and want to scream "They don't tell you that they're going to send your ass to Iraq the second you sign on the dotted line. But they will."

This news only proves that to be true.