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August 21, 2002
   
National Guard troops from the 19th Special Forces Group have been called up under Presidential Orders for nine months of duty in a classified overseas location. This includes units from Ohio, Utah, and West Virginia. About 70 Special Forces troops from the active Army have gone to Georgia (the former Soviet republic) to train troops there to fight Islamic guerrillas.--Stephen V Cole