With more than 300 members of the Chattanooga-based National Guard unit leaving home Saturday for service in Iraq, there are abundant good wishes for them to serve well — and safely — and return with honor after their important foreign service is completed.
The soldiers are members of the 230th Sustainment Brigade of the Tennessee National Guard. It is planned for them to travel to Fort Bliss, Texas, to complete some final training, and then to be transported to important duty in the southern part of Iraq.
There surely will be many local prayers for the soldiers as they serve us all on the other side of the globe.
We commend those who have volunteered for our military forces. We appreciate their substantial personal sacrifices. We honor them for their important service. And we look forward to their safe return home when their duty in Iraq is over.