We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:29:40 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification First up, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 130th Field Artillery Brigade, is coming home from the sandbox. Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 130th Field Artillery Brigade, Kansas National Guard, are returning to Kansas after a year-long deployment to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Kansas Guardsmen will be welcomed home during a ceremony on Saturday, June 9. The 12 p.m. ceremony will be at Hayden High School , 401 Gage, Topeka . Approximately 50 soldiers of the headquarters battery deployed in April 2006 to Fort McCoy , Wis. , for training and then to Iraq . The 130th Field Artillery... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:39:08 -0600 Actually, Lakeruins - they have *two* of 'em, I believe. One in each Refueling Wing. Oh - and thanks for the Hot Air link... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html#comment-60950 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html#comment-60950 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:50:17 -0600 In regards to the first story, Haven't you heard there is a surge going on? As for the second one, Didn't the governor of Kansas come out and say they didn't have the resources because her National Guard was tied up in Iraq? And now we find out they have a one of a kind medical facility? Sigh! Welcome home soldiers, and thanks for a job well done. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html#comment-60948 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html#comment-60948 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:56:14 -0600 oh .. SSgt Pete is Kansas Army Nationa Guard. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html#comment-60943 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html#comment-60943 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:40:33 -0600 We will celebrate my son-in-law's (SSgt Pete) return from the Sandbox in about 3 weeks. He leaves for the US on the 23rd. He will arrive somedangedplace in Mississippi then. Yea I know a step down from the Sandbox to Mississippi, I hope they have MRE's there. Primitive ... mighty primitive. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html#comment-60942 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/news_of_the_kan_4.html#comment-60942 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:35:30 -0600