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May-24-2007 20:20 ![]() ![]() More Oregon Guard Troops Return Home Tonight from AfghanistanSalem-News.comThis deployment marked the largest wartime deployment of Oregon Army National Guardsmen since World War II when the 41st Infantry Division was mobilized for service.
(PORTLAND, Ore.) - More than 60 soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard's 41st Brigade Combat Team are scheduled to return to Oregon tonight between 11:30 PM 12:30 AM. Guard Spokesman Capt. Mike Braibish, says The contract flight will land at the Portland Air National Guard Base. The soldiers will then be transported to the Jackson Armory located at 6255 NE Cornfoot Road in Portland, Ore. where their families and friends are invited to await their arrival for the initial welcome home. These soldiers were mobilized for training last year in February at Camp Shelby, Mississippi and deployed in June to Afghanistan with the primary mission of training the Afghan National Army. They later received the secondary mission of also training the Afghanistan Police Force. Afghanistan National Police: An Exercise in Survival (VIDEO) While in the theater of operation they also performed many humanitarian type missions to include rebuilding schools, clinics and providing medical care to the citizens of Afghanistan and even helping to rebuild a Kabul Hospital in their spare time. Independence Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan Opens with Many Needs (VIDEO) The last two links are just two of many stories from Afghanistan on Salem-News.com. The site's photo gallery Salem-News.com Afghanistan Photos also has 157 photos from the Oregon Guard deployment to Afghanistan. That number is growing with time as more of Tim's shots are added. This deployment marked the largest wartime deployment of Oregon Army National Guardsmen since World War II when the 41st Infantry Division was mobilized for service. There will be a formal welcome home ceremony at the Oregon National Guard's Anderson Readiness Center located at 3225 State Street SE in Salem at 1:00 PM the next day. Governor Theodore R. Kulongoski and Major General Raymond F. Rees, the Adjutant General, will welcome the soldiers home in a brief ceremony. Following any processing that may need to be completed these men and women will begin a 90-day block leave prior to returning to duty as a member of the Oregon Army National Guard. OREGON HOMETOWNS: Aloha: Pfc John O'Keefe Astoria: Beaverton:
Spc. Joseph Mcnamara Central Point: Spc. Christopher J. Hewitt Clackamas: Spc. Aaron Staples Coos Bay:
Spc. Fawn Mathis Dayton: Spc. Jose Rangel Eagle Point: Spc. Charles Jackson Eugene: Spc. Paul Knickerbocker Forest Grove: Spc. Daniel Jay Stevens Gaston: Spc. Warren Moreno Gladstone: Staff Sgt. James Braun Hillsboro:
Sgt. Colleen Koch Independence: Staff Sgt. Paul Fults Keizer: Spc. Justin Voiss Klamath Falls: Spc. Lee Tran Lake Oswego:
Spc. Douglas Ashby
McMinnville:
Spc. Joseph Loiselle Medford:
Spc. Mathew Butler Monmouth: Pfc. Anders Dreizsus Mulino: Spc. Jordan Varmette Newberg:
Pfc. William Franklin Portland:
Spc. Josh Boehm Roseburg:
Spc. Marcus Smith Saint Helens: Spc. Jayson Hester Salem:
Pfc. Adam Contreras Silverton: Sgt. Brooke Welborn Springfield: Sgt. Robert Evans St Helens:
Spc. Sean Ellis Waldport: Spc. Jeffrey Wagner Warren: Spc. Gregory Mannen WASHINGTON HOMETOWNS: Bingen: Sgt. Mark Fuwell Eatonville: Spc. Andrew Lukowski Federal Way: Spc. Tyler Ross Pasco: Vancouver: Salem-News.com's Tim King spent two months with these soldiers in Afghanistan last winter. There are many reports published in our special Dispatches from Afghanistan with Tim King Pictures from Afghanistan by Tim King: View Photos From Tim King's time in Afghanistan | More Afghanistan War photos Articles for May 23, 2007 | Articles for May 24, 2007 | Articles for May 25, 2007 | googlec507860f6901db00.html Support Salem-News.com: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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S.LaMarche: May 24, 2007 10:25 pm (Pacific time)
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