Friends and family, fellow Soldiers, civic leaders turn out for the deployment ceremony of the Morrisville-based North Carolina National Guard Detachment 1, Company B, 638th Aviation Support Battalion held at NCNG Headquarters in Raleigh, N.C. Jan. 16, 2015. After the ceremony the Soldiers, friends and family gathered in the atrium for hugs, quick photos and more hugs. More training awaits the Soldiers then on to Kuwait to keep deployed Apache AH-64 attack helicopters ready to fly and fight. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan / Released)