Middle east. Thats what a group of local National Guard soldiers is preparing for. Its their first major deployment in almost six years. Wdbj7s tim saunders is live at the National Guard armory in campbell county. Handling weapons is a big departure from the civilian life Douglas Harris lives in lynchburg. In that world he manages insurance policies, but hes putting his career on hold to serve his country. Spc. Douglas harris virginia National Guard im actually excited. I have a great group of leaders to deploy with and fall under. Harris is one of 450 soldiers in the 1st battalion, 116th infantry who are preparing for deployment. Theyll be serving in the persian gulf country of qatar, where theyll be protecting other members of the military. It will be the fifth deployment for sergent first class James Bartels. Sfc James Bartels virginia National Guard each one presents its challenges and its fun working through those challenges. Perhaps the biggest challege, personally, is preparing
Roanoke really join standards and 30 right now in danville. All the moisture lies off the coast of South Carolina, travel to the north east hogging the east coast strong really tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon. Some places might see some snow showers in such North Carolina for us. We actually will see a blend of simon house temperatures will be very warm tomorrow with a high near 50 and minutes this clipper system and associated cold front that we keep an eye out on for the start of the week it could usher rent some snow. A mix of rain as well for monday afternoon into Tuesday Morning and could hamper your commute for more wonderful force or theres nothing that can stand between them and skiing. They gathered at wintergreen resort as part of the wintergreen Adaptive Sports 12 th Wounded Warrior weekend. They taught beginners and those whove never skied before how to use adaptive techniques to ski. About 25 wounded veterans from the midatlantic showed up for the weekend with family. Dave
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