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Company A, 132 Battalion, 32 Infantry Brigade, Army National Guard - Janesville, Elkhorn - Wisconsin
This entry was posted on 1/26/2010 2:46 AM and is filed under Wisconsin at war,Extraordinary Events,Wisconsin Media on Iraq,Wisconsin Guard and military,Army.
I would be remiss if I did not make mention of the return from Iraq of around 130 members of Janesville's National Guard unit. The proper distinction of the unit is Company Alpha, 132nd Brigade Support Battalion, 32 Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Wisconsin Army National Guard. The company is based in Janesville and Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
It is no secret in these parts that about 3,200 members of the 32nd Brigade have served in Iraq for the past eight months. It was also well-known from the beginning of their activation that it would be the biggest operational deployment of Wisconsin Guard troops since World War II. The on-going story has been on the many radio and television stations and covered rather often in several local papers.
Remarkably, apparently the 32nd had no combat fatalities during the deployment; there is said to have been some injuries but no combat wounded either. That is an amazing achievement considering the brigade has such an eclectic assortment of responsibilities. They are tasked with assignments in administration, base defense, security, detainee management, training Iraqi guards, and transference of U.S. facilities to the Iraqi government.
I went to a briefing for the unit and their civilian employers way back in May of 2008 in preparation for their deployment. Few people showed up at that time and I posted a comment to that observation. However thank god, it sounds like the welcome home turn out was well attended.
I wish them all good speed in a smooth transition to their Wisconsin lives.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Chief Warrant Officer Two Joshua Michael Scott, 28, of Sun Prairie died Friday May 27, 2005 of injuries he sustained one day earlier when his helicopter was shot down by small-arms attack in Buhriz, Iraq. Buhriz is about 35 miles north of Baghdad. Scott's chopper was an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior class helicopter. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Scott was a 1995 graduate of Sun Prairie High School. He enlisted in the Army just after high school. Chief Warrant Officer Scott arrived in Iraq in November 2004, with D Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. The unit's U.S. home is Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This was Scott's first assignment to a combat zone. The Journal Sentinel went on to say that just before deployment to Iraq, Joshua and his wife, Sherri, had just had their third child, a boy named Kross. The couple met at Sun Prairie High School and were married in 1999. In addition to son Kross and wife Sherri, at the time of Joshua's death he was survived by his mother, Cathy Scott; a grandmother, Doris Scott; a sister, Beverly; a 2-year-old daughter, Trynity; and, a 16-year-old son, Kenneth. Chief Warrant Officer Two Joshua Michael Scott was the 37th Wisconsin military service member killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
95,099 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,366 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,377 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
959 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
625 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,633 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,829 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
101 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
17 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
139 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
17 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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