Guard unit going to Mississippi stops for meal in Cape

From left, Spc. Jeff Offerman, Spc. Ryan Core, Sgt. Trent Ozburn and Spc. Travis Martin, members of the 334th Brigade Support Battalion of the Iowa National Guard, eat their dinner Monday outside Port Cape in Cape Girardeau. The battalion is en route from Iowa to Mississippi to train at Camp Shelby before deploying for a yearlong tour of duty in Afghanistan. Including Monday's group of 311 soldiers, Port Cape has provided meals to about 1,700 National Guardsmen on their way to Mississippi in the last week. "This is one of the proudest moments of my career," owner Doc Cain said.