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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 26 > ‘The feeling of being a soldier’ - brought home to guardsmen and their civilian bosses alike

‘The feeling of being a soldier’ - brought home to guardsmen and their civilian bosses alike

Calling up the Guard: Hundreds train for war in Iraq

By Erin Golden / The Bulletin
April 26, 2009

CAMP ROBERTS, CALIF. —

As soldiers searched a truck stopped at the checkpoint gate, a woman, her head covered by a long, draping scarf, screamed and began to run, stirring up a cloud of dust and dirt.

Nearby, the sound of an explosion echoed across the open field, and the popping of....

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