Striped sleeping bags were strapped to several of the camouflaged-colored backpacks carried in by the approximate 290 Oregon Army National Guard soldiers as they arrived at Fort Stewart's National Guard Training area Monday night. Behind the concertina wire surrounding the site, soldiers from Charlie Troop, 1st Battalion, 82nd Cavalry, 41st Infantry Brigade, signed in, drew their bags and got bunking information from members of their training unit, the "battle ready" soldiers of the 188th Infantry Brigade, First Army Division East. 41st Soldiers Arriving to Train for Iraq.pdf 

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