The Roanoke Times is sending a pair of journalists to Afghanistan this summer with soldiers from Southwest Virginia in Company C, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division.
John Cramer, a reporter, and Sam Dean, a photographer, will tell the stories of Virginia Army National Guardsmen from across the region who have put their civilian lives on hold and said farewell to their families for an 18-month overseas deployment.
Cramer and Dean have reported on the unit since its farewell parade through the town of Bedford on March 4, and have followed the infantrymen through two weeks of the three months of intensive training at Fort Bragg, N.C., and elsewhere.
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