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No 'At Ease' for Connecticut National Guard (www.nytimes.com)

THE Connecticut National Guard, with 3,400 Army members and 1,200 Air members, has relatively few troops overseas but is preparing for its next big deployment in 2010.

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Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on NationalGuard | 0 Comments |

Wyoming Guard Faces Big Deployment (www.trib.com)

More than 940 Wyoming National Guard soldiers have been called to serve in Iraq and Kuwait, the largest single deployment of servicemen and women from Wyoming in generations, officials with the Guard... More

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Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

How 6,000 Tons of Radioactive Sand from Kuwait Ended Up in Idaho (www.alternet.org) TMC

On April 26, 2008, the BBC Alabama arrived in Longview, Washington carrying 6700 tons of Kuwaiti sand. The sand had become contaminated with depleted uranium when U.S. military vehicles and munitions... More

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Submitted 2 months ago by klarajo on Sustain | 0 Comments |

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