Beau Biden ships out to Iraq

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN

Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s eldest son Beau left his training base in Texas on Wednesday, bound for a year-long tour of duty in Iraq with his Delaware National Guard unit.

The 114 members of the 261st Signal Brigade were training at Fort Bliss, Texas for the past two months ahead of their mobilization to Iraq. Captain Beau Biden, also Delaware’s attorney general, will serve as an assistant Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer in Iraq, enforcing the Uniform Code of Military Justice and helping troops with legal issues back home.

On their way to Iraq, the unit will make two stops before arriving at a staging area outside of Iraq where they will receive additional training and equipment. The location of the staging area is classified, though most U.S. troops stage in Kuwait before going into Iraq.

The Vice President-elect was able to see his son one last time before his mobilization last weekend in Nevada when the unit had ‘R&R’ leave.

Beau was also given special permission to fly to Chicago to join his family on Election Day but declined, instead watching the returns and President-elect Barack Obama’s speech on a laptop at Fort Bliss. “This is a different brand of kid,” his father remarked to reporters on the flight to Chicago....


Capt. Beau Biden left for Iraq Wednesday with his Delaware National Guard Unit.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/20/beau-biden-ships-out-to-iraq/

[maseman]

1. I don't believe in God but said a prayer anyway

[Dinger]

4. That's Cool

I did tooO8)

[applegrove]

2. I don't believe Beau will be on the front lines. Still it is sad though.

[williesgirl]

3. Hard to believe he'll have to miss the Inauguration. So sad. rec'd

[Triana]

5. I hope Beau stays safe over there!

Good he's not on frontlines but that doesn't mean much. He's still in too much danger. They ALL are. Praying that he stays safe and that ALL of them can come home SOON!

[ogneopasno]

6. Be safe, Beau! And keep filling that John-Edwards-shaped hole in my heart!