
Pfc. Kyle Hudgins kisses 4 week-old son John Michael Hudgins as the Delta Company 3rd of the 141st gets ready to leave the armory where some family members stayed behind to say good-bye to the Texas National Guard 72nd IBCT troops at the Houston Armory in Houston. The troops will train as a brigade in Fort Bliss in preparation for their nine month deployment to Iraq.

Sfc. Kevin Ethier holds daughter Hailey Ethier, 6, as the Delta Company 3rd of the 141st gets ready to leave.

Sfc. Kevin Ethier kisses son Brayden, 4.