NJ AT WAR; Capt James Egan

Captain James Egan is only 29, but already he has seen combat in Iraq. Now he'll be going back as a National Guard captain. Egan has moved back home with his parents in Glen Rock, NJ, as prepares for deployment to Iraq. Read full story.

I have been following the Guardsmen from New Jersey National Guard’s 50th Brigade Combat Team out of the Teaneck Armory. 2,800 citizen soldiers are deploying to Fort Bliss, Texas for a summer of intense desert training before they leave for Iraq.