HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Hundreds of Mississippi National Guard soldiers are enjoying a few days off to spend with family and friends before shipping out to Iraq.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - One year after the skeletal remains of a Kentucky soldier were found in the woods on a South Mississippi military base, his death is still a mystery.

Veterans and soldiers laid wreaths at different monuments around Camp Shelby Friday morning.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Camp Shelby, a sprawling National Guard base in south Mississippi, got a new leader in a change of command ceremony Friday.

Soldiers from the 106th Brigade Support Battalion gathered for a send-off ceremony at Temple Baptist Church in Oak Grove.

Soldiers of the 155th Brigade Combat Team arrived at Camp Shelby from Tupelo Friday morning.

The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.

The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.

The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.

HATTIESBURG, Miss.  – The University of Southern Mississippi’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 432 paid tribute to an American hero March 30 during Founder’s Day activities.

HATTIESBURG, Miss.  – Veterans who continue their education at The University of Southern Mississippi will have added assistance with the implementation of some new procedures for class registration.

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Friends and family greeted members of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 on their return from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The 926th Engineer Brigade returned from Baghdad, Iraq after being there since April 2008.