Oregon Guard 2-641 Aviation Heads for Iraq
Salem-News.com repoter/photojournalist Tim King covers the mobilization ceremony of a military group that he will deploy to Iraq with to cover in-country for the next several weeks.
Around 40 members of the group were honored this week by people like Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, Oregon Guard Major General Raymond F. Rees, Senate President Peter Courtney and other distinguished guests.
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SalemNews
August 08, 2008
Oregon Guard Leaves for Balad, Iraq
Oregon Guard Soldiers from 2-641 Aviation on their way to a deployment in Balad, Iraq have spent the last week at Fort Benning, Georgia preparing for their deployment in the war theater. The weather has been warm and humid but they say the training is essential toward their preparation.
Staff Sergeant Chris Fisher with the Oregon Guard says it's a change from Northwest living.
"It's hot and muggy here, that's for sure, it is quite a culture shock and a weather change from being on the west coast. But Fort Benning is a good post and I am ready to get out of here. We spent our week here sweating; now we're ready to go.
This aviation group was busy today, having completed their mobilization training here at Fort Benning. We all hear about the repeated tours Soldiers are taking to Iraq and Afghanistan, but this group has several Soldiers like Chris Fisher who will enter the combat theatre for the first time.
"Half of us it will be the first time out there," Fisher said.
August 19, 2008
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Oregon Guard 2/641 Aviation Support Group in Iraq
(BALAD, Iraq) - Members of the Oregon National Guard have a big mission on their hands and minds over the next several months. Their tour of duty in Iraq is an aviation support mission. The 2/641 Aviation Support Group's specific responsibility, revolves around the C-23 Sherpa transport plane, known to these Soldiers simply as "The Boxcar".
Oct. 11, 2008
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 Tim King is a former U.S. Marine with twenty years of experience on the west coast as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor. In addition to his role as a war correspondent, this Los Angeles native serves as Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor.
Tim spent the winter of 2006/07 in Afghanistan with Oregon troops. Tim recently returned from Iraq where he covered the war there while embedded with an Oregon Guard aviation unit. Serving the community in very real terms, Salem-News.com is the nation's only truly independent high traffic news Website, affiliated with Google News and several other major search engines and news aggregators.
You can send Tim an email at this address: newsroom@salem-news.com
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