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Thursday, January 03, 2013  Gov. Nikki Haley's husband, Michael, is deploying to Afghanistan with a South Carolina Army National Guard unit.

Monday, December 24, 2012  More than 800 soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard's 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry, "Task Force Rifles" are back in the Palmetto State Christmas Eve after a year long deployment in Kuwait.

Friday, April 27, 2012  About 400 members of a South Carolina Army National Guard aviation unit are returning home after a seven-month deployment to Iraq and Kuwait.

Monday, April 09, 2012  About 500 members of the South Carolina Air National Guard are heading to Afghanistan.

Sunday, August 21, 2011  Pressures on its members, including long deployments and the prospect of budget cuts, were at the top of the agenda during a three-day South Carolina Army and Air National Guard strategy session in Greenville.

Friday, May 06, 2011  South Carolina's Air National Guard F-16 unit is taking over a new homeland defense mission to ward off airborne threats in the southeastern United States.

Thursday, March 03, 2011  More than 130 members of the 16th Airlift Squadron out of Charleston are returning home after a four-month deployment in Turkey.

Sunday, February 20, 2011  About 120 soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard are departing for training in Texas before deploying on a yearlong mission in Afghanistan.

Friday, October 08, 2010  Nearly 300 airmen from Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter are expected to come home Sunday from Iraq.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010  Shaw Air Force Base is giving children a chance to learn about their parent's military deployments.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010  A group of veterans with a simple mission of welcoming home soldiers gathered Tuesday night to say thank you to a man who spent a year in Afghanistan.

Monday, May 31, 2010  More than 300 airmen returned to Shaw Air Force Base Monday after a four month deployment to Iraq.

Monday, May 31, 2010  More than 300 airmen from an F-16 fighter squadron were scheduled to return to a South Carolina air base after a four-month deployment in Iraq.

Friday, May 14, 2010  Air Force Air National Guard and their F-16 fighter jets from South Carolina are headed to a four-month deployment in Iraq.

Monday, May 10, 2010  Airmen from Shaw Air Force Base are scheduled to depart at noon Saturday on an air expeditionary force deployment to Iraq.