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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 11 > The long road to deployment

The long road to deployment

Oregon National Guard troops have known for about a year they were set to go to Iraq in 2009. Soldiers based in Bend have had a chance to adjust to the idea of going to war. Now, though, they say it's time to get on with it.

By Patrick Cliff / The Bulletin
November 11, 2008

New trucks are parked outside the Bend Armory while inside soldiers busy themselves, getting ready for a mission to Iraq.

Thousands of Oregon Army National Guard soldiers have known for about a year they would leave for Iraq in mid-2009. The extension was designed to give families and soldiers....

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