Ibagli: New page: As the families of 20 Royal Ibaglian Regiment personnel prepare to welcome their loved ones home, the families of 20 Governor-General's Dragoon Guards personnel prepare to say good...

2007-09-18T21:05:54Z

New page: As the families of 20 Royal Ibaglian Regiment personnel prepare to welcome their loved ones home, the families of 20 Governor-General's Dragoon Guards personnel prepare to say good...

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As the families of 20 [[Royal Ibaglian Regiment]] personnel prepare to welcome their loved ones home, the families of 20 [[Governor-General's Dragoon Guards]] personnel prepare to say goodbye. The GGDG are preparing to be deployed to [[wp:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], where they will work with [[wp:British Army|British Army]] forces in [[wp:Helmand Province|Helmand Province]].

The troops to be deployed and their families attended a service at the Army Chapel in [[Haphonia]] yesterday, ahead of their departure on Thursday. Also present at the service were [[Governor-General of Ibagli|Governor-General]] Sir [[Steven Spell]], the Colonel of the Regiment; [[Chief of the Defence Staff]] Field Marshal Sir [[Peter Chaucer]]; and [[Chief of the Army]] General [[Edward Manning]].

Ibaglian forces have been present in Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001. Since January 2006 they have been split between Canadian and British [[wp:Provincial reconstruction team|Provincial Reconstruction Teams]] in [[wp:Kandahar Province|Kandahar Province]] and [[wp:Helmand Province|Helmand Province]], respectively.

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Ibagli: New page: As the families of 20 Royal Ibaglian Regiment personnel prepare to welcome their loved ones home, the families of 20 Governor-General's Dragoon Guards personnel prepare to say good...