Tears flow as soldiers prepare to depart for Iraq
Adults wiped their eyes solemnly during Tuesday's two-hour deployment ceremony for nearly 4,000 members of the N.C. National Guard headed to Iraq.
A hero is bound by war's stress
As 4,000 N.C. National Guard soldiers bid farewell today for their second tour in Iraq, they head out without Chad Stephens, one of the brigade's most honored platoon sergeants.
N.C. Guard troops prepare for Iraq
The Army's National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., is home to roughly 1,700 players in 13 mock villages. This month, they were challenging about 4,000 soldiers with the N.C. Army National Guard's 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team.
National Guard unit is off to war again
The N.C. National Guard's 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team was staggered by 5 deaths in Iraq; it's now staffed with less-grizzled faces, and off to war again.
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.
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.
Illegal guns found in Humvee
Attempt to smuggle weapons thwarted in Kuwait.
A soldier returns home
About 3,000 Guardsmen with the 30th Heavy Separate Brigade will come home over the next two weeks.
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.
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