thedrifter
09-10-07, 07:00 AM
Tour Will Be Second For Most Members
POSTED: 5:41 am CDT September 10, 2007
UPDATED: 5:49 am CDT September 10, 2007
DES MOINES, Iowa -- One hundred fifty Iowa Marines leave for active duty on Monday.
The Marine Echo Company based out of Fort Des Moines will report for active duty at Camp Dodge.
It will be the second tour of duty in Iraq for almost half of them.
Echo Company heads to California first for three months of intensive training before heading to Iraq.
As those troops prepare to leave Iowa, the pro-troop group Move America Forward brings its "Fight for Victory Tour" to Des Moines.
The group will rally at the West Capitol Terrace at 6 p.m. at the Statehouse.
It will also be in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday morning.
Ellie
POSTED: 5:41 am CDT September 10, 2007
UPDATED: 5:49 am CDT September 10, 2007
DES MOINES, Iowa -- One hundred fifty Iowa Marines leave for active duty on Monday.
The Marine Echo Company based out of Fort Des Moines will report for active duty at Camp Dodge.
It will be the second tour of duty in Iraq for almost half of them.
Echo Company heads to California first for three months of intensive training before heading to Iraq.
As those troops prepare to leave Iowa, the pro-troop group Move America Forward brings its "Fight for Victory Tour" to Des Moines.
The group will rally at the West Capitol Terrace at 6 p.m. at the Statehouse.
It will also be in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday morning.
Ellie