Kentucky National Guard soliders come home on Saturday
Spc. Daniel Morrison of the 1204th Aviation Support Battalion greets his family during the unit’s welcome home ceremony at the Florence Freedom Baseball stadium in Florence, Ky., Aug. 18, 2012. (Kentucky National Guard photo by Sgt. Scott…
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Posted: 08/18/2012
FLORENCE, Ky. - The Kentucky National Guard welcomed home 225 of its soldiers on Saturday from a year-long deployment.
The unit, based out of Independence, Ky., was honored during a welcome home ceremony at the Florence Freedom Baseball Field at noon.
The 1204th Aviation Support Battalion's mission was to provide logistical, maintenance and signal
support for military operations in the Persian Gulf Region.
The 1204th is made up of more than 600 Soldiers from Kentucky, Alabama, Florida and Maryland. The unit departed from Kentucky August 26, 2011 and spent several weeks in Fort Hood, Texas before deploying to Kuwait.
More than 14,000 troops have mobilized for the Global War on Terror since 2001.
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