Family worries for three sons deployed to Iraq.

BONNERS FERRY — Parents Robyn and Bob Rogers of Bonners Ferry are a little nervous but very proud of their three sons who will be deployed with the Army National Guard in September.

“I am actually scared to death,” said Robyn Rogers.  “I know I am going to hate it every time the phone rings until they are back home.”

Ryan Rogers, 28, is the noncommissioned training officer for Bravo Company in Post Falls. He works for the Army National Guard full time and has never been deployed.  He is married to Joy Rogers, and they have a son, Braedon, 6, and a daughter Annabelle, 3.

“My wife is a little nervous about me leaving,” said Rogers. “The kids are still at an age where they don’t quite understand so we are trying to talk to them about how it will effect the family.”

He is happy he will be serving with his brothers who are in the same company.  Rogers said he is excited that he will be with them and he will get to use the training he has been getting to serve his country.

“I have been training really hard for just under a year and look forward to putting the skills I’ve learned to use,” he said.

He lived in Bonners Ferry until he was in eighth grade. The family moved to Oregon and returned to Bonners Ferry.  Rogers joined the Marine Corps right out of high school and came back to north Idaho after he finished his service in the Marines and joined the Army National Guard and has been with them ever since.

Steven Moore, 23, of Ponderay is the Rogers’ second son going to Iraq. On Sunday, also in Bravo Company he will travel to Boise for two months of specialized training.  He is married to Kristen Moore, and they have a daughter, Electra Rose who is 1.

Moore graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 2005 and has been in the Army Guard for three and a half years.

Steven Moore said he has been preparing for deployment for a year and feels he is ready.

“A year ago if you asked me that, I would say no,” said Steven Moore. “Now I feel like I am, my wife isn’t happy about me leaving, but knows it will benefit us financially.”

A mechanic by trade, Steven Moore has heard that his mission in Iraq could be convoy security but no one knows for sure at this early stage.

“I feel a lot better about going with my brothers, it will be nice to have them there and we will watch out for each other,” Steven  Moore said.

The youngest son Alex Moore, 22,  volunteered to go to Iraq a year ago.  When he returned from Iraq two weeks ago, he went to sign his release papers and had new orders waiting for him to return to Iraq.

Alex Moore wills serve in Iraq with Bravo Company along side Ryan and Steven.

“I was kind of expecting it,” he said. “My new wife is pretty upset about it and really doesn’t want me to leave.”   “The first tour wasn’t that bad and the money is really good.”

Alex Moore and graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 2006. He recently married his long time girlfriend in Tennessee. 

His wife, Holly, will stay in Tennessee with family until he returns from the second tour.

He said he feels lucky to be able to serve his country along side his brothers and feels it will be a great experience.

The three brothers are in the same company and will serve at the same time side by side. They have 12 siblings who have been adopted by their parents. There are nine boys and three girls ranging from age eight to 33.

According to CNN reports the Pentagon says it's unusual for three siblings to serve in the same Army company, but it's not unheard of.

Siblings who enlist in the National Guard in the same state are more likely to serve together because guard forces are state-based units, military officials said. Enlistees in regular armed forces could be deployed in units based across the nation.