(5 Aug 2004)
1. Various of US soldiers waiting inside tent, standing around getting ready to leave
2. Various of soldiers walking out of tent
3. Various of soldiers boarding coaches
4. Coach with soldiers driving by
5. Soldiers walking on tarmac
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergeant First Class Mosley Brinson, Second Infantry Division, Second Brigade Combat Team:
(Question: What was your feeling when you heard of the new deployment?)
"Kind of confused because you know, we've been here for like the past 50 years and we never thought we were going to be leaving but I guess in reality we have got to go."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gregory T. Scott, Second Infantry Division, Second Brigade Combat Team:
"Just tell my family to keep trust in God and everything is going to be all right."
8. Various of soldiers walking on tarmac, carrying equipment
9. Luggage
10. Military band playing
11. Various of soldiers at leaving ceremony
12. Flag being rolled up
13. Pilot in cockpit
14. Various of soldiers shaking hands
15. Military band playing
16. Soldier waiving
17. Stewardess wearing US flag sunglasses welcoming soldiers on board the plane
18. Soldiers boarding plane
19. US flag in cockpit window
20. Soldiers waiving
21. Soldiers boarding plane
22. Vehicle with sign reading "Follow me"
23. Plane taking off
24. Plane in air
STORYLINE:
Six hundred US soldiers left Osan air base near Seoul in South Korea on Thursday to go to Iraq.
The mission of the soldiers is to provide protection and security for the Iraqi people as part of the multinational forces in the country.
The soldiers from the Second Infantry Division, Second Brigade Combat Team, will are to be deployed in Iraq for a period of approximately 12 months.
On Thursday the soldiers left Osan air base for Kuwait where they will receive their equipment and conduct some additional training before they go into Iraq.
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