Deploying Georgia troops get pep talk from Perdue

FORT STEWART - Georgia soldiers at Fort Stewart deploying for a possible war with Iraq got a pep talk Tuesday from Governor-elect Sonny Perdue. <br> <br> Perdue told 200 troops from the Army&#39;s Third Infantry Division, ``We want you to make us proud. We want you to do what you&#39;re trained to do. Make us proud as patriots.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The Third Infantry, which specializes in desert warfare, has received orders to deploy its entire force of 17,000 soldiers to Kuwait. <br> <br> One of the division&#39;s three combat brigades has been training in Kuwait since September. The rest of the troops began flying out late Monday. <br> <br> The troops will continue to train in the desert, including exercises in urban warfare, says Major General Buford C. Blount the Third. But he declined to speculate on a possible invasion of Iraq.