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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE Oct. 7, 2010
No. 10-086
KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD'S 778TH
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY DEPLOYING FOR OVERSEAS MISSION
Approximately 300 Kansas National Guardsmen will be honored
during a deployment ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 17. The deployment ceremony
will begin at 10 a.m. in Heritage Hall of the Bicentennial Center, 800 the
Midway, Salina, Kan. Doors will open at 9 a.m.
The Soldiers are from the 778th Transportation Company (Heavy
Equipment Transport), headquartered in Kansas City, Kan., augmented by
Soldiers from the 731st Medium Truck Company and the 137th Transportation
Company (Palletized Loading System). All three units are part of the Kansas
National Guard's 287th Sustainment Brigade.
The Guardsmen will deploy to Kuwait to transport military
equipment and supplies out of Iraq as U.S. troops withdraw from that
nation. "Our troops may be coming home from Iraq, but that doesn't
mean the job is finished,"
said Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the adjutant general. "Over
the course of Operation Iraqi Freedom, our nation has transported tons and
tons of military vehicles, equipment and supplies into Iraq. Now, it's time
to bring it home and I can't think of a group of Soldiers more qualified to
carry out that task."
The unit has been conducting pre-mobilization training in
Salina at the Great Plains Joint Training Center and will conclude training
at Camp Atterbury in Indiana prior to leaving for Kuwait.
Media is encouraged to cover the event. Additional
information, including a list of Salina-area businesses offering military
discounts is available on the Salina
MAC Facebook page. To find out how you or your business
can get involved call Jo Ann at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce at
785.827.9301.
