A 3,500-member Oregon Army National Guard unit has been put on alert that it will deploy sometime in 2009, most likely to Iraq or Afghanistan, according to an Oregonian report .
The 41st Brigade Combat Team, a light infantry brigade with units spread throughout the state, is now in line for a likely combat tour, said Brig. Gen. Mike Caldwell. It would be the largest single deployment of Oregon Guard troops since World War II, he said.
'This will be the big one,' said Caldwell, the Oregon Guard's second in command. If all 3,500 soldiers are deployed, the mission would include more than half of the state's 6,400 Army National Guard troops.
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