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The Adjutant General's Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    June 25, 2005

No. 05-059

JULY 1 DEPARTURE CEREMONY SET FOR KANSAS ARMY GUARD BATTERY

Approximately 150 soldiers of the Kansas Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (-) (HHB), 1st Battalion, 127th Field Artillery will be honored in a departure ceremony set for Friday, July 1.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, the commander in chief of the Kansas National Guard, and Maj. Gen. (KS) Tod Bunting, the adjutant general, will participate in the ceremony, which will take place in Lee Arena on the Washburn University campus, Topeka, beginning at 1 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend and wish the soldiers well as they deploy to Iraq.

This battery normally provides a variety of support for the other batteries in a field artillery battalion. In Iraq, these soldiers will be providing security and force protection.

“Even though they won’t be engaged in their primary mission, our soldiers are well-trained and very versatile,” said Maj. Gen. (KS) Tod Bunting, the adjutant general. “No matter what they are tasked to do, they do it well with complete dedication. We’re all proud of their service and wish them Godspeed.”

Maj. Noel Grubb of Ellinwood, Kan., is the commander of HHB Forward. In his civilian job, he is a teacher at Great Bend Middle School, Great Bend, Kan.

The battery will mobilize to Fort Lewis, Wash., where they will go through additional training and preparation before deploying to Baghdad, Iraq.

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