It's a somber, gray winter afternoon, with drizzle in the air, as members of Bravo Company boarded buses at the Hometown Armory for travel to Fort Indiantown Gap. Bravo Company, formally known as Company B, Second Battalion, 103rd Armored Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, has been mobilized for deployment to Iraq.

The tank company, based in Hometown, is deploying 50 of its 75 soldiers in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.