Spc. Soledad Siordia, a driver with Bravo Company, 1-185th Armor Combined Arms Battalion, 81st Brigade Combat Team, California Army National Guard, conducts maintenance on a vehicle Feb. 5, 2009 at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq. About 900 California National Guardsmen deployed with the 81st BCT based out of Seattle in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in August. They are scheduled to return home this summer.

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