Nearly 160 North Carolina National Guard Soldiers of Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery march to the applause, cheers and tears of friends, family and neighbors at their mobilization ceremony held at the James W. Warren Citizens Center in Lincolnton, N.C., March 28. The Soldiers are deploying to Bahrain in support of U.S. Navy Central Command’s ongoing mission in the region. “Every Soldier in the unit has enlisted in time of war, there is no greater act of courage,” said Army Brig. Gen. James C. Ernst, NCNG assistant adjutant general-maneuver, to the crowd at the center.