This group of nearly 550 citizen-soldiers of the 34th Infantry returned in December after spending 10 months in the Middle East. "To the families, I can't tell you enough, no one deploys alone.

Dr. Robert Elliott, author of "Citizen Soldier: From the Land of Lincoln to Iraq and Back," will be visiting the Collegedale Friends & Fun Group on Feb. 26. Dr. Elliott will speak at the ...

The idea was simple: Establish an Army of citizen-soldiers who could be called upon to fight when needed. In 1636, that meant defending Massachusetts Bay. Today, it means answering the call of ...