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Article: Pennsylvania National Guard to Support Presidential Inauguration.
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- Science Letter
- Article date:
- February 3, 2009
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Some 1,300 Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers and airmen will join a team of 10,000 National Guard members to provide security, traffic and crowd control and crises response during the 56th presidential inauguration (see also Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs).
Task Force Pennsylvania will assist the District of Columbia Department of Transportation and Metropolitan Police Department in the Anacostia region of D.C.
"It is an honor for our soldiers and airmen to participate in this historic event," said Col. Regis Cardiff, Task Force Pennsylvania commander and 2nd Brigade Combat Team commander.
The 2nd Brigade is the ...