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Sendoffs for 2,800 Iowa National Guard troops
Posted: 07.13.2010 at 8:03 AM
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DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- The Iowa National Guard has scheduled sendoffs across the state for its largest deployment since WWII.
   
Over two dozen ceremonies are planned from July 30 to Aug. 9 for about 2,800 members of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
   
The soldiers will report to Camp Shelby, Miss., for additional training before heading to Afghanistan.
   
Twenty-eight sendoffs are scheduled beginning on July 30 in Algona, Boone, Eagle Grove, Mount Pleasant, Keokuk and Storm Lake.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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