February 11, 2010 at 12:43pm
CAMP MURRAY, Wash. — The Washington National Guard will welcome home from Afghanistan approximately 25 citizen soldiers on Saturday.
The soldiers belong to the Washington Army National Guard's Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 741st Ordinance Battalion (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) based in Tacoma. They are returning home after a year-long deployment serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
"The members of the 741st provided critical support to our forces in Afghanistan and we congratulate them on a job well done," said Major General Timothy J. Lowenberg, the Adjutant General and Commander of the Washington National Guard.
Their missions in Afghanistan primarily focused on providing command and control to assigned forces, coordinating tactical support and conducting assessments and analysis to determine EOD priorities of support.
(Courtesy Camp Murray Public Affairs)
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