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Judi Lynn

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Thu May-27-04 11:54 AM
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More San Diego Troops Leave For Iraq

More San Diego Troops Leave For Iraq
USS Ronald Reagan Makes Way To San Diego

POSTED: 8:57 am PDT May 27, 2004
UPDATED: 9:17 am PDT May 27, 2004

SAN DIEGO -- More than 5,000 sailors and Marines with the Belleau Wood Expeditionary Strike Group left San Diego Thursday for a six-month deployment in the Western Pacific and the Persian Gulf.

BAGHDAD TIME
8:52 p.m.

Also Thursday, the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan began its journey from Norfolk, Va., to its new home port of San Diego.

The strike group, commanded by Brig. Gen. Joseph V. Medina, will be deployed to the Western Pacific and Central Command Area of Responsibility, which includes the Persian Gulf region, according to U.S. Navy public affairs.

It is the first time an expeditionary strike group will be commanded by a Marine general, according to the Navy.
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http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/news/3352808/detail.html

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The_Casual_Observer

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Thu May-27-04 11:57 AM
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1. Western Pacific and the Persian Gulf

Is this a new euphemism for Baghdad?

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PaDUer

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Thu May-27-04 11:59 AM
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2. The poodle is sending

more troops..heard him on the radio this am.

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The_Casual_Observer

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Thu May-27-04 12:05 PM
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3. Blair needs to keep up with the joneses, in fear that if this

stops he will wind up convicted of war crimes.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Thu May-27-04 12:44 PM
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4. No Western Pacific includes the Persian Gulf

but it is NOT its only area of responsibilty.

My hubby pulled NINE Western Pacific Deployments over a Navy Career... I should know

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Tippy

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Thu May-27-04 01:53 PM
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5. More from the Tennessee NationalGuard

Edited on Thu May-27-04 01:54 PM by Tippy

Are leaving this comming Saturday...They will be gone 18 months...I spoke to two of them last night..they are willing, but not at all happy....

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struggle4progress

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Thu May-27-04 06:24 PM
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6. kick

:kick:

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