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Soldiers of Macon’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team welcome home the 118th Field Artillery

Soldiers of Macon’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Rear Detachment greet more than 100 fellow Guardsmen from Springfield’s Battery A, 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery as they de-plane at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah. Battery A had just returned from spending a year in Afghanistan training and mentoring the Afghan army and National Police. This was the first group of Citizen-Soldiers redeploying to Georgia in the next two months. Arrival times for other returning flights, and dates for upcoming welcome home ceremonies are expected, but remain somewhat up in the air. Battery A is among the more than 2,000 members of Macon’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat (IBCT) who left in June of last year to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Their mission was to train and mentor the Afghan army and National Security Force so the Afghans can fully take on the role of protecting that war-torn country’s citizens. The last time Battery A and the 118th Field Artillery went to war was 2005-2006 when the unit participated along with the 48th in Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Photo by Sgt. Jerry DeAvila, 124th MPAD, GaARNG

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Uploaded on February 23, 2010
Taken on February 23, 2010