Troy Kent King

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  Published on: 11/7/2003    Last Visited: 6/25/2005  

  Among them are Capt. Troy King, Commander of the 507th; Sergeant Major Kevin McGovern; Sgt.

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  Troy King

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  Published on: 7/22/2003    Last Visited: 11/17/2005  

  Just where is Army Captain Troy King?
  
  (And just when are the manufacturers of the deadly equipment, aircraft and shoddy weapons our troops are forced to deal with going to be brought to task?)
  
  Captain King isn't listed on the official casualty list, so he's supposedly alive and available for questioning.
  
  Unless he's being hidden.According to the Los Angeles Times (through the AP) of July 10th, "King could not be reached for comment [last] Wednesday.A spokeswoman at Ft. Bliss said he was on routine leave."
  
  According to the Department of the Army, Captain King was the commander of the 507th Maintenance Company convoy as it drove throught the desert.As the main U.S. army force veered to the left, attempting to skirt the Iraqi army stronghold in the city of Nasiriyah by taking a southern loop around it, King zigged when the rest of the army zagged, and turned north at a critical intersection.He then proceeded to make a minimum of four other wrong turns, trying to un-"lost" himself.
  
  Along the way, Capt. King allowed the vehicles under his command to run out of gas.

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  Published on: 7/3/2003    Last Visited: 5/15/2007  

  I've been reading the latest on the 507th, and it appears to me that no combination of maps, compasses, GPS, etc. would have helped, as it appears their commander, Capt. Troy Kent King, had the wrong route marked on his map!What can I say but @#$%@#!!!

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  Published on: 4/27/2008    Last Visited: 4/28/2008  

  The idea to do a run for the cure of breast cancer in Iraq came from Capt. Troy King's wife, a breast cancer survivor.
  
  King, commander of the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, said he was happy to help the cause, but he was planning the run on a smaller scale at first, like a company run.When word spread, however, more people wanted to take part.
  
  "At first we started off small with a company run and a few other folks," King said.

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  Published on: 2/25/2007    Last Visited: 8/15/2008  

  Officials UMPIRE Brad Difford, Troy King, Graham Coulton SCORER Leanne,
  
  Thanks again to the Primary Club

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  9NEWS.com - National and International News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/20/2003    Last Visited: 7/20/2003  

  The 507th's commander, Capt. Troy Kent King, was new to his job, taking charge just as the company was departing for Iraq from Fort Bliss, Texas.He was a quiet leader -- easygoing, smart and a good listener.He'd joined the Army a decade ago as a dental assistant and got his captain's bars in October.This was his first time in combat.
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  King sent 32 soldiers in 17 vehicles ahead with the main convoy and waited for the rest of his company to show up.
  
  The remaining half -- 33 soldiers and 18 vehicles -- finally reached him at a desert checkpoint at 7:30 p.m.
  
  By now, the American advance had morphed into a mind-bending traffic jam as vehicles from various units converged and headed north.
  
  Out of radio range of his superiors, King decided to take the most direct route to Highway 8 -- straight overland.
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  King asked some Marines in the area if Route Blue continued north.They confirmed that it did.
  
  King had already made a crucial mistake, according to the Army report on the incident.He was supposed to lead his company from Route Blue to Route Jackson, but on his personal map, he had highlighted Route Blue all the way.
  
  Sgt. Curtis Campbell, 27, a logistics specialist, was driving behind King with a load of Patriot missile parts.He felt reassured when he spotted lights in the distance, figuring they were from the main convoy.
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  King guessed they were from an oil refinery and forged ahead.
  
  Already on the wrong road, King missed a left turn that would have kept them on Route Blue and bypassed the heart of the city of Nasiriyah.
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  King took a left, then another right.He'd gone a half-mile up that road when he realized he had somehow lost Route Blue and decided to turn the convoy around.
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  In the confusion, King missed the turn-back on to Route 7/8.
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  The first three vehicles, led by King, sprinted ahead.
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  King, meanwhile, had reached a Marine unit, which dispatched M-1 Abrams tanks.

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  A Coyote at the Dog Show - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/22/2004    Last Visited: 8/11/2005  

  I've been reading the latest on the 507th, and it appears to me that no combination of maps, compasses, GPS, etc. would have helped, as it appears their commander, Capt. Troy Kent King, had the wrong route marked on his map!What can I say but @#$%@#!!!

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  A TALE TO TELL - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/20/2003    Last Visited: 7/20/2003  

  The 507th's commander, Capt. Troy Kent King, was new to his job, taking charge just as the company was departing for Iraq from Fort Bliss, Texas.He was a quiet leader - easygoing, smart and a good listener.He'd joined the Army a decade ago as a dental assistant and got his captain's bars in October.This was his first time in combat.
  ...
  King sent 32 soldiers in 17 vehicles ahead with the main convoy and waited for the rest of his company to show up.
  
  The remaining half - 33 soldiers and 18 vehicles - finally reached him at a desert checkpoint at 7:30 p.m.
  
  By now, the American advance had morphed into a mind-bending traffic jam as vehicles from various units converged and headed north.
  
  Out of radio range of his superiors, King decided to take the most direct route to Highway 8 - straight overland.
  ...
  King asked some Marines in the area if Route Blue continued north.They confirmed that it did.
  
  King had already made a crucial mistake, according to the Army report on the incident.He was supposed to lead his company from Route Blue to Route Jackson, but on his personal map, he had highlighted Route Blue all the way.
  
  Sgt. Curtis Campbell, 27, a logistics specialist, was driving behind King with a load of Patriot missile parts.He felt reassured when he spotted lights in the distance, figuring they were from the main convoy.
  ...
  King guessed they were from an oil refinery and forged ahead.
  
  Already on the wrong road, King missed a left turn that would have kept them on Route Blue and bypassed the heart of the city of Nasiriyah.
  ...
  King took a left, then another right.He'd gone a half-mile up that road when he realized he had somehow lost Route Blue and decided to turn the convoy around.
  ...
  In the confusion, King missed the turn-back on to Route 7/8.
  ...
  The first three vehicles, led by King, sprinted ahead.
  ...
  King, meanwhile, had reached a Marine unit, which dispatched M-1 Abrams tanks.

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  ABCNEWS.com : Real Story of Jessica Lynch's Convoy - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/18/2003    Last Visited: 6/18/2003  

  The lead vehicle was a Humvee carrying the company commander, Capt. Troy Kent King.
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  Another soldier reported that Capt. King later told him and others that his GPS "plugger" had "frozen," as it lost contact with one of the three NAVSTAR satellites that provide the devices with information.
  
  Even more ominously, one soldier reported that though King had requested a map against which he could check his GPS waypoints, the captain lamented he never got one.Another sergeant says he doesn't remember his GPS "plugger" ever losing the satellite signal, yet he too had no map.Basic Army field manual instructions all note that the GPS devices should always be used in conjunction with a map.

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