Nearly 4,000 Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers are being notified today that they can expect to be sent to Iraq in about a year.
The soldiers are members of the 56th Stryker Brigade, which is headquartered in Northeast Philadelphia and is scattered among 39 armories across the state.
The Defense Department has yet to make the alert public. The troops are being individually notified via a phone chain, state Guard officials said.
The brigade is equipped with the Army's relatively new Stryker combat vehicle, an armored troop carrier that can move at highway speeds on wheels but has some of the defensive strength of a small tank.
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Can't wait to be a part of history! 56th rolling!
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October 25, 2007 8:31 PM