Track Palin, the 19 year-old son of Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, has been deployed to Iraq.

Although the exact date of Private First Class Palin’s departure was not released, we know that he boarded a charted 747 along with several hundred other infantrymen headed for Kuwait.  Once in Kuwait, Palin and the rest of the infantryman will undergo training and administrative processing before they are officially deployed to Iraq.  It is believed that Palin’s unit is being sent to the fourth most violent post in Iraq, Diyala.

When he arrives in Diyala, Palin will not receive any special treatment and will be in charge of operating a 19-ton, eight-wheeled armored vehicle known as a Stryker that will provide security for brigade leaders.