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Schofield welcomes last unit from Iraq

Sep-21-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS — The last unit of Schofield-based soldiers to return from Iraq flew home yesterday after spending the past year fixing trucks and escorting supply convoys in the Middle East.

Hundreds of family members and friends greeted 151 soldiers of the 536th Maintenance Company with loud cheers during a welcome ceremony at a Schofield Barracks gymnasium.

"I've been waiting for this moment. Too long, way too long," said Spc. Christina Mariscal, as she looked at her 21-month-old son and her husband.

Sent to Iraq last September, the company repaired trucks, radios and other communications equipment around the northern city of Mosul.

They were among the 4,000 soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division (Light) sent to Iraq since the start of the war in 2003. An additional 5,000 soldiers from the division were sent to Afghanistan. [...]


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