Posted on: Friday, January 19, 2007
Photo gallery: Hawai'i Guardsmen depart for Afghanistan
Photos by Gregory Yamamoto
Advertiser Staff Photographer
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hawai, army, national, guard, soldiers, shook, hands, with, commanders, kalaeloa, before, leaving, afghanistan, forty, who, volunteered, another, tour, duty, are, headed, fort, bragg, n, c, first, deployment, heading, out, members, enjoyed, local-style, buffet, lunch, families, th, brigade, combat, team, headquarters, in, after, enjoying, what, likely, last, taste, local, food, while, deploying, departed, it, hasn, t, been, decided, will, spend, year, months, second, lt, eric, miyasato, only, officer, to, volunteer, this, gives, speech, his, family, sitting, table, front, lifeline, us, guys, he, said, going, keep, grounded, fighting, staff, sgt, daniel, moncada, deployed, iraq, when, youngest, daughter, was, weeks, old, difficult, leave, knowing, that, wife, give, birth, third, child, absence, s, shown, year-old, ariana, lap, izabel, lara, mother-in-law, gloria, sabado, spc, jachin, de, la, pena, hugs, mom, luzette, easier, let, her, son, go, time, harder, she, know, left, wednesday, stay, texas, during, hoped, be, able, join, july, bedan, emil, pulls, duffel, bag, make, last-minute, check, from, arizona, train, afghan, security, forces, some, take, one, photo, airport, mission