Page Updated: Monday, July 19, 2004 12:12 PM PDT
More Oregon Guard troops activated
By The Associated Press
LEBANON - About 100 more Oregon National Guard troops have gotten orders to mobilize in preparation for duty in Iraq.
The Lebanon-based F Troop of the 82nd Infantry will join Hawaiian troops for training at Fort Bliss in Texas before going to Iraq.
The orders mobilize the soldiers for a period of not longer than 18 months beginning Aug. 19.
About 40 members of the Lebanon troop had already been called up to fill gaps in other units. They left Lebanon on June 28 for training in Fort Bliss, and they, too, are headed for Iraq. Only about 10 members of the unit are still in Lebanon, according to the Guard.
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