National Guard unit comes home to Nebraska
Friends and family gathered Friday at the Lincoln Airbase to welcome home a Nebraska Army National Guard unit stationed in Iraq since last summer.
The 180-soldier, Omaha-based 600th Transportation Company was stationed at Camp Adder south of Baghdad. Its mission was transportation and convoy security.
The unit, which has soldiers from all over Nebraska, 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.
With the unit’s return, 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.
The 180-soldier, Omaha-based 600th Transportation Company was stationed at Camp Adder south of Baghdad. Its mission was transportation and convoy security.
The unit, which has soldiers from all over Nebraska, 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.
With the unit’s return, 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.
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