Arnold V. Strong

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  oregonatwar.oregonlive.com/iraq/stories/story.php?story - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/21/2008    Last Visited: 3/21/2008  

  Arnold Strong of the Oregon National Guard.Strong said the fatalities were the first Oregon National Guard combat deaths of the war, and the worst loss for the Oregon National Guard since World War II.
  
  All three Oregon soldiers had volunteered for duty in Iraq before their unit was called up, Strong said.Two of the three had married in the months before their deployment."This is one of the largest catastrophes we've had in years," Strong said.When news of the deaths reached headquarters Friday, senior officers closed their doors and cried, he said.Sgt.
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  The attack began when a roadside bomb ripped through a Humvee, Strong said, killing two military police from New Jersey.

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  Arnold Strong, Oregon Guard spokesman.
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  Strong said soldiers who served with Davis took two suspected insurgents into custody after the explosion.

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  Published on: 3/2/2005    Last Visited: 9/21/2007  

  Arnold Strong, public-affairs officer for the Oregon National Guard.Strong is deployed with the battalion.
  
  During an 18-hour operation, Oregon soldiers questioned 124 military-age males and, with the help of an informant from the village, arrested six insurgents directly linked to terrorist acts during the past month, Strong said.The people captured included the mastermind of enemy operations in the sector and two of his top lieutenants, Strong said.
  
  Strong reported that insurgents had been holding daily meetings in a cemetery bordering the village and using crypts to hide caches of weapons.
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  The searches netted at least 20 small caches, Strong reported.The weapons were consolidated at a single location and demolished by engineers.

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  Published on: 9/24/2007    Last Visited: 9/24/2007  

  Arnold Strong, a public affairs spokesman for the Oregon Guard, brought along the AP reporter and a representative from the office of Rep.
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  "There are no black hats in this story," Strong says.
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  Wounded soldiers, Strong says, heal best when surrounded by family and friends.
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  Strong says a program has just been initiated to get the Army to release more of these Oregonians so they can return to their homes to get well.

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  Published on: 10/1/2003    Last Visited: 10/1/2003  

  Arnold Strong of the Oregon Military Department.

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  Published on: 8/26/2004    Last Visited: 8/26/2004  

  Arnold Strong, the Oregon National Guard spokesman.It replaced the 1st Battalion, which came home last spring with no fatalities or serious injuries.
  
  The 2nd Battalion has had five fatalities and about 20 wounded so far, Strong said.Several others have been injured in non-combat situations.
  
  Strong said that one of the companies being sent is a quick-reaction force with a large number of rangers."When it hits the fan, these are the guys they call up," he said.
  
  About a half-dozen of the replacement soldiers have already done a tour in or near Iraq, or in Afghanistan.

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  Published on: 10/29/2003    Last Visited: 10/29/2003  

  Arnold Strong, Oregon National Guard spokesman."Retention has become a real issue for us."
  
  Guard officials want to head off the potential exodus or at least blunt the impact, Strong said.
  
  They're lobbying Congress for better benefits for Guard members.
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  Douglas Pritt, new commander of the Oregon Guard's main infantry brigade, has set a goal of recruiting an additional 4,000 members, Strong said.

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  Published on: 12/17/2003    Last Visited: 12/17/2003  

  Arnold Strong of the Oregon National Guard said Tuesday.
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  Strong said the family has been notified of the accident.A friend picked up the phone at their home Tuesday night, and said Nakis' family did not want to speak to reporters.
  
  On Monday, Nakis was driving a vehicle with nine other guardsmen on board when he swerved to avoid a hole that he thought could be a possible explosive device, Strong said.The vehicle hit an oil slick, and Nakis lost control of the car, Strong said.
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  The nine other soldiers in the truck, from the same company, were also injured, but none had life-threatening injuries, Strong said.

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  Last Visited: 7/29/2003  

  Arnold Strong, spokesman for the Oregon Military Department.
  
  Many of the infantry unit members live in Eugene, Corvallis, Newport and Coos Bay, Strong said.
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  The Oregon soldiers can expect a year-long stay in Iraq, Strong said.
  
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  Published on: 6/18/2004    Last Visited: 6/18/2004  

  Arnold Strong, spokesman for the Oregon National Guard.
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  The Oregon National Guard recently was ranked as one of the five best in the nation in terms of recruitment and retention, Strong said.That has led to Oregon soldiers being placed in the line of fire more often, he said.
  
  The Guard has maintained 90 percent of its troop strength and has a large contingent of former Army Rangers.
  
  "The reality is these guys, because they're so well-trained and have all the badges, have become the guys they need in Iraq," Strong said.
  
  In Baghdad, the Oregon Guard has been assigned to act as the quick reaction force for the 1st Cavalry Division - the largest active-duty unit in the Army.The unit is based out of Fort Hood, Texas.
  
  The unit's daily duties include patrols in Sadr City, a suburb of Baghdad and a stronghold of the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr.
  
  "Every day, they are being shot at," Strong said.
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  That weekend, Strong's office was "like a morgue," he said.
  
  "The young men who died represent every demographic," Strong said.

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