Wisconsin National Guard troops based in Eau Claire get a warm welcome home.
Thirteen months after their sendoff ceremony, the remaining members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment safely returned to Wisconsin Aug. 14 after completing a security mission in Afghanistan.
We salute you.
The 128th Infantry supported the U.S. Army’s 3rd Security Forces Assistance Brigade (SFAB) by providing force protection for numerous engagements between SFAB advisors and other coalition forces, contractors and Afghan troops. Later in the deployment, owing to strategic and diplomatic changes in Afghanistan, the battalion also took on a base defense mission.
Approximately 150 Soldiers from the 128th Infantry returned to Wisconsin April 27 as part of a planned troop drawdown in Afghanistan announced earlier this year. Roughly three dozen more 128th Infantry Soldiers returned to Wisconsin June 6.
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*Photo: Nearly 200 Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment returned to Wisconsin Aug. 14 after completing a deployment to Afghanistan. Roughly half the battalion returned in April and June as part of a planned troop drawdown. Wisconsin National Guard photo by Pfc. Sylvia Christensen
