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SOLDIERS: Praised after return from warFrom Page A-1following the parade,“When called to duty, our soldiers, our airmen, sailors and marines answer the call, regardless of politics,” Mayor Kevin Jackson said. “Thiscommunity of Rio Rancho has always supported its veteransand always will.”Wilson added, “Were proud of you, and you will always be our National Guard.”The highest praise, however, came from Task Force Cobra Cmdr. Ivan Satkin.“Being over there with these men was nothing short of glorious,” he said.The 111th, he said, set many records throughout training and continued after deployment.Salkin said enemy attacksincreased following the soldiers’' • ireturn to New Mexico, which he said was the reason for the violence,“The highest compliment we could have received was thatthe enemy knew we left,” Salkin said.Although there were minor injuries for those in the 111th, a National Guard spokesperson said there were’ no major injuries, Only one New Mexico National Guardsman, a military police officer from Farmington, has'been killed in Iraq.
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Rio Rancho Observer
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, US
Thu, Nov 23, 2006
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