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More Reservists mobilized for wars on Iraq and Afghanistan
(CNN.com, November 26, 2003)
Pentagon says more Marines needed in Iraq . . . Troops and their families and employers will soon find out if they will be affected by the Pentagon's latest mobilization of 17,000 reservists for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. . . . In addition those mobilized Wednesday, nearly 8,000 reservists have been alerted for deployment to Iraq and around 700 for deployment to Afghanistan. . . . The announcements affect Army and Air Force National Guard and Reserves as well as Navy and Marine Corps Reserves. . . . The Pentagon also said three battalions of Marines and support units -- as many as 3,000 people -- will get orders for deployment to Iraq. . . . The Pentagon did not announce the specific Reserve and Guard units mobilized and alerted, but it said Army reservists could be mobilized for up to 18 months and Marine reservists for up to a year.

posted by Lorenzo 8:54 PM