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Getting ready for duty: Local service members have a chance to gather before deployments begin

By Kenneth Fine
Published in News on December 15, 2008 1:46 PM

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N.C. National Guard Spc. Elise Jensen, right, and Pfc. Crystal Fischer, talk about their pending deployment to Iraq. The soldiers are among 200 from the Goldsboro-based 230th Brigade Support Battalion who will start nine-and-a-half-month tours in April.

A young man sitting on a truck bed was among those gathered Sunday at the Dillard/Goldsboro Alumni center. He smiled as he grabbed his girlfriend's hand -- but his expression turned more serious when he pulled her in for one...

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