Nearly 70 soldiers from Fort Benning will deploy to Iraq this week. The deployment comes after four soldiers from the base were killed in fighting in Baghdad over the weekend.
Base Public Affairs Office spokesperson Elsie Jackson told GPB News the maintenance battalion soldiers would provide support and logistics for combat units in Iraq and Kuwait. Family members will see the troops off at the base's Lawson Army Airfield on Wednesday.
The Defense Department announced Tuesday that Iraqi insurgents killed three Ft. Benning troops in a roadside bombing and shooting attack on Saturday. A forth soldier was hit and killed from small-arms fire on Sunday. Both attacks took place in the Baghdad area.
21 troops from the base have been killed in the conflict this year.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Ft. Benning unit deploying to Iraq, Kuwait
