Sgt. Chad Ward, an infantry team leader with 1st Bn., 14th Inf. Regt., 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, holds his wife, Kazia and son, Asher, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, before deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Jan. 30. Ward is one of nearly 100 Soldiers who are the first to deploy since the brigade’s main body left for Iraq in November. : Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller; 8th Theater Sustainment Command PAO

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