Waynesboro unit prepares for deployment
June 1, 2007 - Waynesboro’s Battery C, 1st Battalion, 214th Field Artillery will report to the unit’s armory June 4, to prepare for its upcoming yearlong deployment to Iraq. The unit will head to Fort Bliss, Texas June 12 for advanced mobilization training.
After further training at Fort Bliss, the unit will leave for a detainee facility in Iraq’s southern region.
Numbering near 180 Guardsmen, the Soldiers of the 214th will be accompanied by elements from the 78th Troop Command, 48th Brigade Combat Team and Joint Forces Headquarters.
This marks the third time in recent years that the 214th has mobilized in support of operations in the Global War on Terrorism.
In April, the 214th’s Security Force out of Elberton returned from a twelve-month tour-of-duty at Camp Cedar near Nasiriyah.
In 2003, the 214th’s first deployment sent them to Fort Campbell, Ky., and Fort Bragg, N.C., to conduct security operations in association with Operation Noble Eagle.
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