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This image provided by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department shows Brittany Dawn Killgore who was reported missing Saturday, April 14, 2012. Killgore, 22, was last seen on Friday and her cellphone was found Saturday in San Diego's Gaslamp District. Sheriff's deputies in San Diego County are searching for a Kilgore, and say it is likely foul play is involved. (AP Photo/San Diego County Sheriff's Department)

Body found may be missing wife of Marine

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 10:14am

SAN DIEGO -- A body, possibly of a Marine's wife missing since Friday, has been found in rural Riverside County near Lake Skinner, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.

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Military kids experience rigors of deployment

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 12:15pm

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Jaylin Wilbert learned all about the “Call of Duty” Thursday morning, but this time it wasn’t a video game.

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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Tara Fuller greets Charlie Fuller upon his return home Wednesday at Hill Air Force Base.

Nine airmen welcomed back to Hill Air Force Base after Korea deployment

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 9:48pm

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Mandi Gable stood in a hangar, waiting for her husband and father of their two boys to come home.

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North Ogden councilman on leave left off emails

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 7:21am

NORTH OGDEN -- A city councilman on temporary leave while he is deployed to Afghanistan has been taken off the city's email list and is calling it political payback for his disagreements with some councilmen.

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Utah House OKs bill for deployed exemption

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 11:58pm

SALT LAKE CITY — If voters pass a constitutional amendment this fall, military personnel who are deployed will be exempt from paying property tax.

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Plain City legislator: Deployed soldiers get enough aid (video)

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 10:46am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Sen. Scott Jenkins, R-Plain City, has come under fire for attacking bills that would give any deployed military personnel a break on their property taxes.

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Stephen Alston holds his sweetheart Ali Azemar as he and other soldiers of the Utah Army National Guard’s First Battalion, 211th Aviation prepare to leave on the first leg of their 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in West Jordan, Utah. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Scott Sommerdorf)

Utah Army National Guard deploy to Afghanistan

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 12:17pm

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Utah guard unit deploys to Afghanistan

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 16, 2012 - 4:33pm

WEST JORDAN - Some 360 members of the Utah National Guard are deploying to Afghanistan.

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Sarah Andelin reads poems from the book “Where the Sidewalk Ends” on camera during a retreat for military families at Pineview Lodge at Wolf Creek Resort in Eden on Saturday.

Retreat helps the families of deployed military

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 3, 2011 - 9:57pm

EDEN -- Sitting on a black leather chair in the basement of Wolf Creek Resort, Air Force Master Sgt. Aaron Agner is reading "Where The Sidewalk Ends" into a video camera.

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North Ogden appoints interim council member despite controversy

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 10:45pm

NORTH OGDEN -- The city council has chosen Dave Hulme to fill Brent Taylor's spot on the council for the next year, but not without controversy.

Taylor has been deployed to Afghanistan for nine months to one year with the Army National Guard.

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(Courtesy photo) Two convoy trucks are seen in Kuwait at the border of Iraq in 2010. Crew members spend a lot of time in their transport trucks. The team even sleeps in them, if you can call it that. “It’s not really sleep,” says Staff Sgt. Chad Williams, whose truck is on the left. “You get so tired that you might pass out for a while, but then you wake up. ... It’s not too comfortable.” Williams’ crew, Hill Air Force Base’s 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron, will be deploying again in the next few months.

Hill squadron's deployment fraught with danger day, night

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 6:28am

HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- When most people head out on their daily commute, they don't have to worry about spending the night in their car or getting hit by a roadside bomb. But that's life for members of Hill Air Force Base's 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

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N. Ogden councilman deployed to Afghanistan

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 10:38pm

NORTH OGDEN -- City Councilman Brent Taylor will be deployed to Afghanistan with the Army National Guard, so the council will appoint a temporary council member at its Oct. 11 meeting.

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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Capt. Marcus White and Shelby White kiss after Marcus arrives home after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan on Wednesday at Hill Air Force Base. White was in Afghanistan with the 729th Air Control Squadron. See slideshow of homecoming at www.standard.net

'Angry Warriors' finally home

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 12:01am

HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- A whole crew of "Angry Warriors" returned home to Hill Air Force Base Wednesday night.

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Utah Guard battalion deploys for Afghanistan

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 9:12am

WEST JORDAN -- About 65 soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard's Second Battalion, 211th Aviation Group are set to head out on the first leg of their 12-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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