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Memorial Honors Fallen Comrade - (11-13-2009)
The 720th Convoy Security Company said goodbye to a beloved member of their team Nov. 3 during a ... (2 images)
Teeing It Up in Iraq - (11-05-2009)
41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team Operations Sgt. Maj., Sgt. Maj. Edward Carlson and operation of... (4 images)
U.S. Soldiers Visit Iraqi School - (10-27-2009)
Members of the Iraqi national army and the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oregon Nation... (12 images)
Sandstorm Visit - (10-20-2009)
A Marine mans his post as a large sandstorm rolls in to Camp Korean Village where members of the ... (2 images)
141st Brigade Support Battalion ... - (10-20-2009)
Sgt. Michael Mott and Sgt. Lucien Darensburg of Alpha Company, 141st Brigade Support Battalion, w... (2 images)


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News Stories

41st IBCT 2/162 Volunteers participate in a multi-agency project
Select members from the 2/162 INF and 262 Delaware OD, part of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team transported people, supplies and equipment to the Al Amal School for the Deaf in the Ar Rumaiytha district in Iraq's Muthanna province on September 14, 2009.
(11/20/09)

U.S. Soldiers visit Iraqi school
Oregon National Guard members, deployed in Iraq, partook in a unique mission where they were able to make a positive impact on the hearts and minds of local national children from a small village in southern Iraq. As the Soldiers brought supplies, gifts, and other resources for their school, Oct. 27, loving looks and thankfulness filled the area.
(11/16/09)

See your dentist on deployment
On LSA Adder, Capt. Nathan Woods, takes care of local troops as well as those on outlying forward operating bases, or FOBs. While the office on Adder is well-equipped, bright, and sterile, not every FOB has the resources to provide such a facility. Applying the old adage, "adapt and overcome," Capt. Wood uses the field-expedient, lawn-chair method at one of the more remote FOBs. After all its not what you do it with, but that you do it.
(11/10/09)

Family grows while deployed
Sgt. Maj. Timothy Bloom, 42, joined the Oregon National Guard in 1987 and has spent the majority of his career in the same infantry battalion, 2-162, in Eugene, Ore., (now located in Springfield).
(11/10/09)

Memorial honors fallen comrade
The 720th Convoy Security Company said goodbye to a beloved member of their team Nov. 3 in Iraq after the sudden non combat related death of Spc. Joseph Gallegos, 39, a Questa, N.M., native.
(11/3/09)



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Recent Publications

09.07.2009

TOA officially begins mission duty, responsibility; CSM Storm encourages Soldiers, leaders; More than just passing a fitness t...

09.07.2009

TOA officially begins mission duty, responsibility; CSM Storm encourages Soldiers, leaders; More than just passing a fitness t...



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Town Hall 3/Veterans Day Address
Veterans Day Address to the Keizer, Oregon Chamber of Commerce, by Battalion Commander, Dan Hokinson from the Oregon National Guard. Giving an update on his unit's deployment. (11/16/09)

X-Dog Scramble In The Sand, Part 5
B-roll of an off-road style race where 300 service members race over obstacles during a rough terrain course to see who is the "Top Dog". (11/10/09)

X-Dog Scramble In The Sand, Part 4
B-roll of an off-road style race where 300 service members race over obstacles during a rough terrain course to see who is the "Top Dog". (11/10/09)

X-Dog Scramble In The Sand, Part 2
B-roll of an off-road style race where 300 service members race over obstacles during a rough terrain course to see who is the "Top Dog". (11/10/09)

X-Dog Scramble In The Sand, Part 3
B-roll of an off-road style race where 300 service members race over obstacles during a rough terrain course to see who is the "Top Dog". (11/10/09)



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Recent Audio

Sgt. Marshal
Talks to a KQEN reporter about a visit from Gov. Ted Kulongoski, current operations in Iraq, Soldiers from the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team responding quickly to incidents in Iraq, making sure Iraqi civilians are safe as well as U.S. Soldiers and the high level of morale of service members.

Scramble in the Sand - Interview with 1SG Gavin L. McIlvenna - Organizer
Part of Video Package -----------Scramble in the Sand - Interview with 1SG Gavin L. McIlvenna - Organizer of the event. Speaks about making the connection with www.xdogevents.com founder. Also see "X-Dog Scramble in the Sand" in the package section.

Sgt. 1st Class Howard
Talks to a KUPL-FM reporter about how his Iraq deployment has been different from his deployment in Afghanistan, getting Iraqis to join the military and taking his golf clubs with him on his deployment and sends a greeting to his family.

1st Lt. Lawson
Talks to a KBND reporter in Oregon, about his job as a battle captain, how the deployment is better then his expectations, how the situation is on the ground, when he plans on coming home and training he goes through. Audio only.

Lt. Lawson
Talks to a reporter from "Bend Radio Group" about his duties and responsibilities while he is deployed.



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