By Barbara Rothschild / Courier-Post After the fireworks of July Fourth, South Jersey was the setting for a very special parade on Sunday. To celebrate the recent return of New Jersey National Guard members who had been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan — the largest deployment of the state National Guard since World War II […]

By The Associated Press About 1,700 Hawaii National Guard soldiers are preparing to come home this summer from their Middle East deployment. The 29th Brigade Combat Team is expected home in August. Officials haven’t said when the unit will leave their Kuwait base. The soldiers were sent to Kuwait for nine months to provide security […]

By Amanda Nalley / Tallahassee Democrat “Any load, any where. Drive it like you stole it,” shouted the 67 men and women of the Florida Army National Guard 144th Transportation Company of Marianna before being released for lunch during a deployment ceremony Sunday at the Max L. Thomas National Guard Armory in Marianna. The group […]

By David Davis / Cleveland Daily Banner Jessica Vines of Madisonville waited with spouses, other immediate family members and friends Friday afternoon at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Chattanooga as the 591st Transportation Detachment returned from a 12-month deployment in Iraq. “This is my first and hopefully my last deployment for awhile,” Jessica said. […]

By Barbara S. Rothschild / Courier-Post After the fireworks of July Fourth, South Jersey was the setting for a very special parade on Sunday. To celebrate the recent return of New Jersey National Guard members who had been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan — the largest deployment of the state National Guard since World War […]

By Kari Petrie / St. Cloud Times With their training done, 550 Minnesota National Guard soldiers are waiting to go to Iraq where they’ll provide convoy security. The members of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery are ready for their yearlong deployment to Iraq. Their commander, Lt. Col. Scott St. Sauver of Pierz, spoke to […]

My husband recently came back from Iraq after a seven month deployment. Even though this was our fourth deployment, I think this home coming was the most nerve racking of them all. It was the first time we had our own home while he was gone. So I felt a lot of pressure to have […]

By The Associated Press About 1,700 Hawaii National Guard soldiers are preparing to come home this summer from their Middle East deployment. The 29th Brigade Combat Team is expected home in August. Officials haven’t said when the unit will leave their Kuwait base. The soldiers were sent to Kuwait for nine months to provide security […]

By Doug Harlow / Kennebec Journal Morning Sentinel Drawing on her 10 years in the Maine Army National Guard and a tour of duty in Iraq in 2004, Capt. Lisa Sessions, at age 28, is a no-nonsense kind of soldier. Sessions, of Windham, commands the 136th Engineer Co. of the 133rd Engineer Battalion, with headquarters […]

By Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press All but a few dozen of the 16,000 Marines now in Iraq will be out by next spring, the Marine Corps commandant said Thursday, putting a solid end date on a long-anticipated exit. Gen. James T. Conway said his Marine commanders are already moving equipment out of Anbar […]