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Coping with deployment

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A small group of military family members met Saturday to celebrate and learn.

The celebration part was easy the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 252nd Military Police Company marks its halfway point in its estimated yearlong Iraq tour.

The soldiers left for Iraq in September and should return to their headquarters here this summer.

The learning was a refresher course for some and a first time for others.

“It’s just good reinforcement, you forget to do these things sometimes,” said Amber Edgeworth, wife of Spc. Matt Edgeworth with the 252nd.