Army Pfc. Elias Ashley, son of Earl Ashley, Wichita, and Keli Kincaid, De Soto, has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Ashley, a civil affairs specialist, is a member of the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C. He has served in the military for more than one year.

Ashley is a 2005 graduate of Eudora High School.

Army Sgt. Joseph Huss, son of Terrance Huss, Nortonville, and Deborah Huss, Lawrence, has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Huss, a civil affairs specialist, is a member of the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion based in Belton, Mo. He has served in the military for four years.

Huss is a 2003 graduate of Jefferson County North High School, Winchester.