North Carolina National Guard leaders, right, with the 1450th Transportation Company receive a North Carolina state flag at their deployment ceremony in support of Operation Resolute Support at Mountain Grove Church in Granite Falls, N.C., Jan. 9, 2015. “We (the Guard) are part of the community, it is an honor to deploy from here,” said Army Brig. Gen. Kenneth Beard, left, the NCNG’s assistant adjutant general – sustainment. The Lenoir and Jefferson, N.C., based unit has previously deployed in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.