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Iowa Guard members on standby for overseas duty

August 1, 2000 By admin

Perhaps as many as 200 Iowa National Guard members are being notified they may be called upon soon for a mission overseas. Guard spokesman Colonel Robert King says the mobilization involves two separate units, the first in northeast Iowa.One unit, headquartered in Dubuque, would send about 110 members — it’s the A Company, 1st Battalion of the 133rd Infantry. King says the “peacekeeping” mission could begin as soon as September and would last six months. The Guard members would provide security for U-S forces in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. King says the second group of Iowa soldiers would come from the state’s west side.That’s the C Company, 1st Battalion of the 168th Infantry, based in Denison. The size of that group has yet to be determined. King says they would not ship out until wintertime.

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