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Members of the Alpha Company 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion stand at ease during a departure ceremony at Fort Gordon, Monday, May 2, 2011, in Augusta, Ga. The company is headed to Afghanistan for a year of duty. (AP Photo/The Augusta Chronicle, Rainier Ehrhardt)
The members of Alpha Company, 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, prepared for departure on Monday, hours after learning that bin Laden had been killed in a raid on his hideout.
Lt. Col. Keith Garwold told the troops there’s still a lot of work to be done in Afghanistan as they prepared to board three charter buses.
Pfc. Tommie Culp, a 19-year-old soldier making his first deployment, said it’s kind of weird that bin Laden was killed on the day of the unit’s deployment. And he added that there will be a lot of turmoil in Afghanistan as a result of bin Laden’s death.
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Information from: The Augusta Chronicle , http://www.augustachronicle.com
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