four, thousand, soldiers, from, nd, stryker, brigade, th, infantry, division, received, ceremonial, sendoff, yesterday, schofield, barracks, before, leaving, in, few, weeks, month, deployment, iraq, its, armored, vehicles, are, expected, to, operate, areas, taji, desert, west, north, baghdad, where, sectarian, violence, large, problem, maj, gen, glen, blumhardt, left, col, todd, b, mccaffrey, s, commander, saluted, during, ceremony, family, friends, watched, gave, podium, over, hawaii, lt, gov, duke, aiona, departing, beneath, flag, j, t, collins, age, as, his, father, mark, participated, spc, eric, mulhall, hugged, wife, felicia, after, chris, dreamer, center, checked, week-old, son, cooper, brittaney, sgt, matthew, akard, looked, both, men, deploying, with