YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Army artillerymen training in the high desert of Central Washington this week can tell you they're getting ready for a nine-month deployment to the Middle East. They're just not free to tell you exactly where they're heading — except that it won't be the familiar combat zones of the last decade. "It'll be fun to try something that's not Iraq or Afghanistan," said Capt. Greg Perrault, the headquarters battery commander for Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment. It's a new assignment for a unit that spent the past few years clearing roads of mines in Iraq and firing rocket batteries in Afghanistan. When they hit the ground overseas this...
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