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Spc. Ryan K. Longnecker, 20, was laid to rest Thursday morning at Glasgow Municipal Cemetery with full military honors.

Matthew and Timothy Lowery don't have a focused idea of what their father does as a combat medic, but they want him to do it and get home fast.

Just over 3,000 soldiers with the 39th Infantry Brigade from Arkansas are right now serving in Iraq.

Ryan Longnecker was training at Camp Shelby, Miss., when he disappeared last August.

Authorities were trying to determine Wednesday whether the remains of a soldier found in the woods of a National Guard training base are of a Kentucky guardsman who went missing before his unit deployed to ...

In the Delta - Mississippi's worst-performing region educationally - Rives Neblett is answering the call for more public support for schools.

Mr. and Mrs. John Armistead Graves, Jr., of Tunica, MS, announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Perryman, to David Anthony Lee, son of Mr.

Aric was showing off his "grill" Friday at the offices of Dr. Miles Shirley, Jr., D.M.D. Thanks to local veterinarians, a dentist and an oral lab, the three-year-old K-9 officer can now smile broad.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. -- The 17 bosses flew out of RDU International Airport soldier class, not business class.

North Carolina's 30th Heavy Brigade Combat team is preparing to deploy to Iraq in early 2009.

Quota International seeks applicants for grants Quota International of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a service organization dedicated to disadvantaged women and children and the speech and hearing impaired, is ... via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

About 300 Virginia Army National Guard soldiers are scheduled to return home this week after serving in the Middle East. via WJLA-TV Arlington

THE GUARD SAYS THE 119 SOLDIERS OF THE 164TH ENGINEER BATTALION SECURITY FORCES ARRIVED AT CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI ON WEDNESDAY. via KFYR-AM Bismarck

Staff report Posted : Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 17:37:09 EDT Soldiers from the North Dakota Army National Guard's 164th Engineer Battalion have returned to the U.S. after serving in Iraq for almost a year. via Army Times

“We have 60 rail cars. It will take us approximately 3 days to load, and a week or so to move down all the way to Mississippi.”

The Meadville rail yards look like a military base this week. The National Guard is preparing to ship more than 260 vehicles, including the new strykers, plus humvees and large trucks to Camp Shelby, ... via WICU 12

Hundreds of mothers and fathers, wives and children were on hand at Leesburg's National Guard Armory to give a stirring welcome home to members of "Charlie Company," 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade. via WUSA9.com Washington, DC

“You've returned here today, and you are here as heroes.”

It was a joyful return home Thursday for 30 Arkansas National Guard members who spent nearly a year in Iraq . via KATV

Two North Dakota National Guard units are preparing to return home from Iraq. Good Afternoon, I'm Donnell Preskey... The Minot-based 164th EngineerBattalion Security Forces has been serving in Iraq since ... via ClipSyndicate

“My dad never talked about the war”

As the roll was called yesterday, the proud veterans, some 600 strong, formed a procession - led by the same man who led them 65 years ago. via The Honolulu Advertiser

“I have been waiting for this for a long time.”

' Spc. Sabrina Queen quietly walked through the tent of sleeping soldiers carrying a bag of citizenship papers back to her cot, trying not to wake anyone. via Arkansas Online