The boots of troops stand in formation as Commander of the California Army National Guard Maj Gen John Harrel addresses the families and children of the soldiers being deployed during a ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim, Saturday, Aug 7.
////ADDITIONAL INFO: - 04_n.deploy.0807.ks - 8/7/10 - 10:29:36 AM - KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER -- More than 300 members of the California National Guard's 1-140th Aviation (Air Assault) Battalion gather with friends and family before embarking on a yearlong deployment to Iraq.
