116th on their way to Iraq

I was assigned to cover the 116th National Guard Convoy Security Unit as they left Salt Lake City on their way to Iraq. It's the first group of soldiers I have photographed leaving for Iraq since I returned a year and a half ago. The memories of leaving my own family, even for the short time I was gone, made it extremely hard to watch the families, especially the kids, of these soldiers say good-bye. 3,421 members of the US Military have died since the beginning of the war.