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Byline: Tim Potter
FORT RILEY, Kan. _ At 4 a.m. Tuesday, the men of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 13th Armor, awoke to ringing phones. Within two hours they had to be at a loading dock with all their combat gear, ready to deploy to Iraq. The men knew it was a drill, but they forced themselves to take it seriously.
The rehearsal helps to make sure that when the real call comes, the soldiers will have all the necessary gear, properly marked and tied down, Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Stanley said.
By midmorning the soldiers were still on the loading dock, awaiting further orders.
As he puffed on a cigarette stub, Stanley explained how each ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Waiting to go to war has its own kind of stress.(Knight Ridder...