Photo by Mic Smith/Post and Courier via Associated Press

First Lt. Trae Redmond, of the South Carolina National Guard's 218th Enhanced Separate Brigade, kisses goodbye his 2-month-old son Grady moments before boarding a bus in North Charleston, S.C., en route to Camp Shelby, Miss. After training at Camp Shelby, the 218th will go to Afghanistan for about a year. The 218th left for training on April 19.