Local guardsmen report this week for duty in Middle East

Posted 4/16/09

Along with 13 guardsmen from Powell, Park County will also send 18 soldiers from Cody and one from Meeteetse. From Big Horn County, 19 will report from Lovell, five from Greybull, four from Basin, two from Cowley and one each from Byron and …

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Local guardsmen report this week for duty in Middle East

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{gallery}04_16_09/guardsmen{/gallery}Spec. Daniel Hillshafer of the Wyoming Army National Guard holds his daughter Zoe as she listens to storytime at the Powell Branch Library Tuesday. Hillshafer departs this week for a year's deployment with the Guard to Kuwait and Iraq, and was spending time with Zoe before leaving. Tribune photo by Don AmendSeveral Powell-area members of the National Guard will join more than 900 other Guardsmen this week in the largest mobilization of the Wyoming National Guard in history.Local guardsmen will report Thursday to Worland, then will depart for Fort Hood, Texas, for several weeks of additional training before being deployed to Kuwait and Iraq.

Along with 13 guardsmen from Powell, Park County will also send 18 soldiers from Cody and one from Meeteetse. From Big Horn County, 19 will report from Lovell, five from Greybull, four from Basin, two from Cowley and one each from Byron and Deaver.

The troops will be part of the Wyoming Guard's 115th Fires Brigade, which includes the 920th Forward Support Company, based in Powell, Lovell and Cody. Other units in the brigade will include the 300th Field Artillery Battalion based in Worland, Sheridan, Gillette and Lander, the 960th Brigade Support Battalion from Casper, and the 148th Signal Company from Laramie.

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