Urbana-based Guard unit gets send-off for duty in Afghanistan
By Paul Wood
Monday September 29, 2008
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Pfc. Joshua Vanleer, 19, the youngest member of the 33rd Brigade, encases the company colors during the deployment ceremony for the Headquarters Company of the 33rd Brigade Combat Team of the Illinois Army National Guard on Sunday at the Assembly Hall in Champaign.
CHAMPAIGN – Tosha Duzan was spending quality time with her 3-year-old son, Max, after Sunday's deployment ceremony for Urbana National Guard soldiers at the Assembly Hall.
She's off to spend a year in Afghanistan, training Afghan soldiers and police officers. But she expects to call home every day to talk with Max and her other son, Ty, 9. That's what the soldier she's replacing told her he had been able to do during his year in Afghanistan.
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