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12 Guard members set to come home today

Jan-21-2005 » Filed Under: TF Olympia

The 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) of the Illinois National Guard recently returned home after working with Task Force Olympia for a year. The unit was responsible for the TFO press releases we have come to rely on, as well as producing the many videos we link to, among other things. Thank you and welcome home!

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SPRINGFIELD - A dozen members of an Illinois Army National Guard unit are scheduled to return to central Illinois this evening after a year in Iraq.

The 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, based in Springfield, was called to active duty in December 2003 and spent a year in Iraq, according to military officials.

The soldiers were based in Mosul with other members of Task Force Olympia. While there, the broadcast and print journalists covered stories ranging from school openings to the training of the new Iraqi security forces.

The detachment also was responsible for putting out a weekly newsletter for soldiers in Mosul and for producing 14 half-hour news broadcasts.


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