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Ark. Guard leader visits engineers in Iraq

The adjutant general of Arkansas visited some of his deployed troops in Iraq last week, according to a state Guard press release.

Maj. Gen. Ronald S. Chastain and Command Sgt. Maj. Deborah Collins, Chastain’s senior enlisted adviser traveled to Camp Striker, Iraq, to see 875th Engineer Battalion at work. He returned from the weeklong trip Saturday.

The battalion is about one-third through its yearlong deployment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit has about 400 Arkansas National Guard soldiers and another 100 from the National Guards of Indiana and Vermont.

“You’ve got a dangerous mission here,” Chastain told to the battalion’s commander, Lt. Col. Patricia Anslow and her staff. “I’m really proud of you all. I just congratulate all of you on a job well done, you’re all representing us really well, and I appreciate it.”

Chastain also visited soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 131st Engineer Company and 142nd Fires Brigade.