U.S. Army Reservists depart for Middle East
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Published 11:43 PM CDT May 01, 2016
STARKVILLE, Miss. — U.S. Army Reservists are bidding goodbye to their families at the U.S. Army Reserve center in Starkville, embarking on a supply mission in the Middle East.
The 71 reservists departed as dawn was breaking Saturday amid claps and cheers, in two buses loaded with camouflage duffel bags bound for Sioux City, Iowa.
For some reservists, it's their second or third deployment. Paletha Keaton told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that she and her three children will try to keep up with her husband through phone calls and video chats.
Staff Sgt. Michael Walker said he doesn't know his ultimate destination, only somewhere in the Middle East.
Deploying for the third time since 2003, Staff Sgt. Cassandra Chandler said she'll be gone for almost a year.
