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| Boeing Chinook News from Mississippi |
| Meridian, Mississippi |
| 6 January 2003: Approximately 125 members of Company G, 185th Aviation - "Beastmasters", Army National Guard, home based in Meridian, Mississippi, will deploy for duty on Tuesday morning. |
| The unit will first go to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and later be deployed overseas. It could be mobilized for up to 24 months. |
| This is the first time the entire unit has been mobilized for the "War on Terrorism". Seven members were previously mobilized in March 2003 and have since returned home. |
| The mission of Company G is to move troops and cargo, conduct heavy lifting of combat equipment, and downed aircraft recovery. The pilots and crew members assigned to the company operate the CH-47D "Chinook" helicopter, the primary heavy lift aircraft for the U.S. Army. |
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