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Welcome to the Washington Army National Guard web site. Over 6,000 citizen soldiers comprise our ranks and have faithfully safeguarded lives and property here at home, and served our nation in locations around the world. Our soldiers and Readiness Centers have been an integral part of Washington State's communities for generations, and will continue to be for generations to come. We are Neighbors Helping Neighbors Through a Tradition of Service.

NEWS AND REPORTS

The communities of Ephrata and Spokane came out in force to support their deploying citizen soldiers during departure ceremonies on Saturday, March 7.

The Washington National Guard bid farewell to approximately 100 citizen soldiers from the 1161st Transportation Company based in Ephrata, and an additional 50 soldiers from the 1041st Transportation Company headquartered in Spokane.

These two units will join together at Camp Atterbury, Indiana for some additional training before deploying to Iraq later this spring. Their mission will be long-haul truck driving using tractor/trailers. The 1161st logged more than one million miles on the road during their first deployment to Iraq from February 2003 – August 2004.

Please click here to view a portion of the parade.