World War III is now expanding in the Middle East, with a full blown battle all but certain in the days ahead, as the U.S. is deploying National Guard troops and rapidly deploying America’s young men and women to the Middle East, where many of them are sure to die fighting a religious war as they defend Israel.
States have been training and deploying National Guard troops to the Middle East since the beginning of this year (More than 300 Illinois National Guard soldiers prepare for deployment to Middle East – Hundreds of Army National Guard members deploy to middle east), with the latest deployments this past week occurring in Oregon and Pennsylvania.
Many of these National Guard members have never even been outside the U.S. before.
Pa. National Guard soldiers prepare to deploy to Middle East: ‘It’s a mixture of nerves and excitement’
Over the next few months, dozens of U.S. soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 213th Personnel Company will be deployed to Kuwait and Jordan.
The soldiers, who range from teenagers to those in their early 40s, will be deployed in three different groups for nine to 12 months and will support U.S. Central Command and partner forces with security objectives in the region.
First, there will be a period of pre-mobilization training in the U.S. before soldiers deploy to the Middle East.
Soldier Alyssa Wenger, 23, of Chambersburg, a four-year member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, like Danner, will be deploying for the first time.
“It’s a mixture of nerves and excitement,” she said.
She said she will miss her family back home but considers those she is deploying with family as well.
For Wenger, a Wilson College graduate who commuted to school, this is the longest time she will be away from her family.
“That’s going to be my biggest challenge. I’ve never really been away from my parents and my siblings,” she said.
And this is also the first time that Watkins, a mother of three, will go through deployment as her husband is being deployed.“So as a wife, I’m just trying to keep my family in line — emotions are OK. It’s OK to cry but at the same time, we have to keep moving forward. And we have to keep doing what we would normally do on a daily basis,” she said. (Source.)
In Oregon, the part-time soldiers are being told that deployment to the Middle East will enhance their careers.
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