Guard Unit Ends Mission in Iraq
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ATLANTA (AP) -- The mission for a Georgia National Guard unit has ended after ten months in Iraq. The unit of about 135 soldiers of Charlie Company, First Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment ended its work yesterday and can now concentrate on coming home. The unit is based in Gainesville, Georgia.
The unit is part of the 44-hundred member 48th Brigade Combat Team. It was the last from Georgia to do combat patrols in Iraq. The unit is scheduled to leave in about three weeks.
The Charlie Company commander -- Captain Anthony Fournier -- handed out specially made pewter coins bearing the name and insignia of the company, its platoons and the brigades it has served under.
Fournier -- a schoolteacher from Augusta -- told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "It's been a long 18 months" referring to the brigade's time on active duty.
The unit is part of the 44-hundred member 48th Brigade Combat Team. It was the last from Georgia to do combat patrols in Iraq. The unit is scheduled to leave in about three weeks.
The Charlie Company commander -- Captain Anthony Fournier -- handed out specially made pewter coins bearing the name and insignia of the company, its platoons and the brigades it has served under.
Fournier -- a schoolteacher from Augusta -- told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "It's been a long 18 months" referring to the brigade's time on active duty.
Associated Press