Four-year-old Ezra Martinez watched his father, Arizona Army National Guard Cpl. Lehy Martinez, stand in formation during a sendoff ceremony May 2, 2021, at Papago Park Military Reservation. A Company, 422nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion Soldiers, spent the morning with their families and loved ones before departing Arizona in support Operation Inherit Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield during a nine-month mission in the Middle East.

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