Article: Football buddiesAE friendship soldiers on.(News)

Without a care in the world, Nick Milbourn and Phil Akins were teammates on the Tri-City Chargers 95-pound football team about 12 years ago.

Friends and family are now waiting to thank these two St. Charles men for caring about the world as corporals in the U.S. Marine Corps.

That chance will come this weekend when the two football buddies will be back in town. Milbourn, a 2003 St. Charles North graduate, and Akins, a 2004 St. Charles East graduate, will be joined by fellow Marine Greg Russell of Gilberts as they return from deployments in Iraq. Milbourn is on leave from his most recent deployment as a Bravo Section squad leader in Afghanistan and will ...

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