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The 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion, headquartered out of Fargo, North Dakota, is a heavy combat engineering battalion.
A Captain and a First Sergeant command Charlie Company, from Camp Ripley, Minnesota.
The 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion was activated in January 2003 and shipped to their mobilization station, Fort Carson, Colorado. Approximately 145 Minnesota Army National Guard members and approximately 500 members of the North Dakota National Guard, where the 142nd Combat Engineer Battalion is headquartered, have been activated for this mission.
Initially the 142nd Battalion was under the 4th Infantry Division and preparing to deploy to Turkey, but due to political differences, the troops were not allowed into Turkey. Finally, after ten weeks of training and waiting in Fort Carson, the 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion landed in Kuwait on April 11. Then on the morning of May 10, the soldiers and their vehicles left Kuwait for a two day convoy to Iraq.
Battalion soldiers are stationed at Logistical Support Area Anaconda, an abandoned Iraqi Airfield in Balad, Iraq, supporting the missions of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 142nd Battalion is an engineering battalion, providing support for other military units, so they work on a lot of living improvement projects for other units such as building latrines, showers, and picnic tables. Fixing the electricity in buildings, putting in wood floors in the tents, and pouring concrete pads for post generators are just a few of their projects.
Family members of the soldiers in the Minnesota Army National Guard Company C, 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion, based at Camp Ripley, are angry and frustrated that their loved ones have been given an extended tour of duty that could mean they remain in Iraq until April 2004, while hearing reports that other regular full-time Army units have been allowed to leave the combat zone.
Family members expected soldiers to return from active duty in January 2004, because they were mobilized in January 2003. However, the Army is telling National Guard and Reserve troops in Iraq that they will be there a full 12 months from the time they arrived there, apparently surprising some who had believed the clock started ticking on one-year tours once they reached mobilization stations in the United States.
Family members of C Company have created a website at http://www.bringhomethe142.org.
Company A family members have a website at http://www.the142.com.
The family support group for Headquarters Company also has a website at http://www.142hsc.com.
Company B family members may email contact guldenc@rrt.net.
Buy shirts for members of the 142nd CEB at catalog page http://www.cafeshops.com/linkinmall/175501.
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