[S-H] MS Guardsman May Head Back To Iraq
From the Sun-Herald this weekend:
Still recovering from Hurricane Katrina and a previous stint in Iraq, the Mississippi Guard is among a flock of ill-equipped units. But ready or not, some of the state’s guardsmen have been told to align personal affairs and begin girding for possibly another trip to Iraq.
According to the Sun-Herald, the 890th engineering batallion, headquartered in Gulfport, was ordered to leave behind its equipment when it left Fallujah in 2004. When Katrina hit in 2005, the unit was pressed into service in storm recovery, despite a lack of equipment.
“The 890th really rode to our rescue after the storm,” said U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor. “They went to Iraq with the first part of the invasion and they were ordered to leave every bit of equipment, which was not necessarily a bad decision, but what was bad was not replenishing it when they returned.”
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