The first wave of Fort Lewis soldiers who served a brutal deployment of nearly 15 months in Iraq are scheduled to come home Saturday.
About 110 soldiers with the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division will return to Fort Lewis Saturday and will be welcomed home by family and friends at a 7 a.m. ceremony at Sheridan Gym, according to a post press release.
The first-arriving soldiers make up the Stryker Brigade's advance party, a select team from each of the unit's battalions and companies who redeploy ahead of the rest to make preparations. The majority of 4th Brigade's roughly 4,000 soldiers are scheduled to begin arriving home in June.
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Comments For "Battle-tested soldiers return from Iraq this weekend":
Well done 4-2. Your courageous service is known to all. Welcome home!
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Comments For "Battle-tested soldiers return from Iraq this weekend":
Well done 4-2. Your courageous service is known to all. Welcome home!
1-21parent
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Honor and Duty
Bore, Brother, Bore
Posted by: Patricia LeClaire | May 4, 2008 6:49 AM