Deaths: 39*
Wounded: 204**
Active duty currently
deployed: 800**
National Guard, Reserves
currently serving in Iraq
or Afghanistan: 119
National Guard troops about
to be deployed to Iraq: Charlie Company 1-126th Aviation Regiment, 130 troops, this month
Average tour length:
Army active duty, 15 months; Army National Guard or Reserve, 12 months; Air Force Guard or Reserve, three-12 months; Marines, seven months.
Total service members from Maine deployed since 9-11-01 (including Afghanistan):
active duty, 4,596; Guard
and Reserves, 2,958.
*Includes those with close state ties, such as parents living in state.
**Estimate based on several military sources.
Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, The Associated Press.
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