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Maine battalion due back soon

Feb-18-2005 » Filed Under: TF Olympia

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By JOHN RICHARDSON, Portland Press Herald Writer

The largest Maine-based military unit sent to Iraq, and the only one currently stationed there, is expected to return to the United States next week.

The Maine Army National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion, which has about 500 members primarily from southern Maine, is pulling out of Mosul, Iraq, slightly ahead of schedule, said Maj. Peter Rogers, Guard spokesman in Maine.

Many of the troops are already in Kuwait arranging for the return of equipment and their unit. Others remain at Forward Operating Base Marez, working with a newly arrived unit that will replace them there.

The 133rd could reach Fort Drum in New York late next week and could be back in Maine by mid-March, a week or two sooner than expected, Rogers said.


Comments For "Maine battalion due back soon":

Welcome home to all of you. Thank you and God bless.

Posted by: Florence | February 18, 2005 2:20 PM

A soldier in this unit is the reason I discovered the Strykernews site. When his unit played a basketball game with a Stryker unit waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back last spring, I posted a tongue-in-cheek apology to the Strykers for the Engineers beating their "protectors" in the game.

God truly works in mysterious ways.....

I'm thankful it's nearly over for all of us who care so much about this soldier. It's been a long year. It also allowed me to spend a year with great people on this site.

Thank you ALL who have spent this year praying for this soldier and his family.

Posted by: Yvonne | February 19, 2005 4:59 AM

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