Loyalty draws a sergeant back to war
Chad Stephens says the National Guard has worked hard to address the mental health problems that trouble him and thousands of other returning soldiers. War is his comfort zone. In the civilian world, life isn't so easy.
N.C. National Guard units hold deployment ceremonies
Ceremonies are scheduled for two companies of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, a North Carolina National Guard unit that is preparing to deploy for duty in Iraq.
Award ceremony canceled for WWII veteran
Paul Henry Hoffman Sr. of Rockingham was wounded twice in the Battle of the Bulge, but never received his second Purple Heart.
Renewed 30th will go to Iraq in '09
A younger, reorganized N.C. National Guard brigade gets more warning than last time's 30-day notice before deploying.
Back to Iraq? 30th bracing
For Michael Patterson, the prospect of another Iraq tour with the N.C. National Guard's 30th Brigade Combat Team is the tough duty he expected to shoulder when he re-enlisted after the unit's last battlefield deployment in 2004.
With extra duty done, last of unit comes home
The 30th in Iraq.
Armed for the home front
Members of the N.C. National Guard's 30th Heavy Separate Brigade face challenges of rejoining civilian life.
Guard unit's return complete
Brigade unlikely to return to Iraq.
A soldier returns home
About 3,000 Guardsmen with the 30th Heavy Separate Brigade will come home over the next two weeks.
Illegal guns found in Humvee
Attempt to smuggle weapons thwarted in Kuwait.
Guardsmen back home with families
N.C.-based brigade's return from Iraq continues today.
Guard families prepare welcomes
"To know that he's a step closer is very comforting -- and relieving," said Jennifer Spencer.
Warriors' kin delay Yuletide
A N.C. Guard unit is coming after nearly a year of providing security and reconstruction in Iraq.
Guard pleasantly surprised
N.C. National Guard soldiers in Iraq had braced themselves -- and their families and civilian employers -- for a deployment that could have lasted into April, so they were surprised by the news that they would begin returning home next week.
N.C.'s Guard brigade set to return
After nearly a year in Iraq, the 30th Heavy Separate Brigade is coming home. | 
Brigade bases
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