Nebraska guard unit coming home
On Friday, friends and family will welcome home a nearly 180-strong Nebraska Army National Guard unit that has been stationed in Iraq since last summer.
A welcome home ceremony for the Omaha-based 600th Transportation Company will be at 3:45 p.m. Friday at the Lincoln Airbase.
The event is for friends and family of the unit, which was stationed at Camp Adder south of Baghdad. Its mission was transportation and convoy security.
The unit’s return marks a drastic reduction in the number of Nebraska Army National Guard troops deployed overseas.
With the unit’s return, just 47 Nebraska guard troops will remain in Iraq, said Lt. Col. Bob Vrana. An additional 33 are in Afghanistan and eight are deployed in Kosovo, he said.
While the 600th Transportation Company is based in Omaha, it includes troops from all over Nebraska, Vrana said.
The unit left in May 2007 for Fort Bragg, N.C., where it trained before flying to Kuwait that July. It arrived at Camp Adder Aug. 12, 2007.
A welcome home ceremony for the Omaha-based 600th Transportation Company will be at 3:45 p.m. Friday at the Lincoln Airbase.
The event is for friends and family of the unit, which was stationed at Camp Adder south of Baghdad. Its mission was transportation and convoy security.
The unit’s return marks a drastic reduction in the number of Nebraska Army National Guard troops deployed overseas.
With the unit’s return, just 47 Nebraska guard troops will remain in Iraq, said Lt. Col. Bob Vrana. An additional 33 are in Afghanistan and eight are deployed in Kosovo, he said.
While the 600th Transportation Company is based in Omaha, it includes troops from all over Nebraska, Vrana said.
The unit left in May 2007 for Fort Bragg, N.C., where it trained before flying to Kuwait that July. It arrived at Camp Adder Aug. 12, 2007.
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