| News Overview Benefits Military Associations |  | Lawmaker questions overpayments to W.Va. Guardsmen
CHARLESTON, W.Va. ? U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd wants to know why there are still glitches in the payment of National Guard members deployed overseas, including a West Virginia unit whose members were mistakenly overpaid thousands of dollars. (more)
La. Guardsmen from same unit killed in Iraq
NEW ORLEANS ? Three Louisiana National Guard soldiers killed by an explosion in Iraq were members of the same New Roads-based company, the Guard said Saturday. (more)
Widespread deployments strain Mississippi towns
JACKSON, Miss. ? Widespread mobilization of Mississippi?s National Guard soldiers is taking a toll on communities throughout the state and putting an extra burden on some agencies. (more)
| | N.M. Guard unit ends yearlong deployment to Iraq
SPRINGER, N.M. ? A New Mexico National Guard battalion that has spent a year in Iraq will soon be back in the state. (more)
Oregon Guard unit to stay at Redmond Armory
BEND, Ore. ? Plans to move a Bend-based unit of the Oregon Army National Guard from the Redmond Armory to a former correctional facility in Crook County have been shelved because the Bush administration is reorganizing the National Guard. (more)
Wounded Ala. soldier ineligible for crime victim compensation
MONTGOMERY, Ala. ? An Alabama National Guard soldier injured in Iraq is not entitled to benefits from the state crime victims compensation commission, an assistant attorney general said. (more)
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