Most Air National Guard units get a year to prepare for deployments. The Vermont ANG's "Green Mountain Boys" got about a month. Normally, "you know well in advance, upwards of even years,... especially in the [US Central Command area of responsibil-ity] for combat rotations," said Col. David C. Lyons, commander of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group at an undisclosed Middle Eastern location. Getting around a month's notice "is pretty astounding," he said.
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