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Some Iowa Troops Returning from Iraq to be Punished for Failing Drug Tests

STAFF | KCRG TV9 | February 24, 2004

"The Iowa National Guard says it will punish 21 soldiers who failed drug tests before being sent overseas. / The...soldiers will be discharged dishonorably. The troops were not discharged or put through rehab at the time of the drug tests. / Guard officials say that's because deployment schedules didn't allow for it."

From The KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids Newsroom

Some Iowa soldiers will be in trouble when they return from Iraq.

The Iowa National Guard says it will punish 21 soldiers who failed drug tests before being sent overseas.

The Des Moines Register reports the soldiers will be discharged dishonorably. The troops were not discharged or put through rehab at the time of the drug tests.

Guard officials say that's because deployment schedules didn't allow for it.

News broadcast video available here.

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