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877 ENGINEER BATTALION

Birmingham News journalists follow the Alabama National Guard's 877th Engineer Battalion.

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IRAQ JOURNAL

With the home troops
Press-Register Editor Mike Marshall was recently covering local soldiers in Iraq. Read columns, see pictures and more.

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• Another state Army Guard unit to do a second tour in the Iraq war

• Some members of Alabama Guard 62nd Troop Command return from Afghanistan

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