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When soldiers with the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Brigade Combat Team boarded a charter flight from Savannah to Kuwait, they carried their rifles, shotguns, and pistols.


When soldiers with the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Brigade Combat Team The brigade combat team (BCT) is the basic deployable unit of maneuver in the US Army. A brigade combat team consists of one combat arms branched maneuver brigade, and its attached support and fire units.  boarded a charter flight from Savannah Savannah, city, United States
Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789.
 to Kuwait, they carried their rifles, shotguns, and pistols. But they didn't carry any pocket knives, nose-hair clippers, or cigarette lighters. In keeping with federal regulations, they had to give up all of those items before getting on the airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. .
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Title Annotation:Brickbats
Author:Oliver, Charles
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Date:Oct 1, 2005
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