Tennessee National Guard units return home from deployment

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Cordeiro | Families, friends and fellow service members gathered to greet Tennessee National Guardsmen as they return home from a year-long deployment, Oct. 27, at Smyrna’s Volunteer Training Site. Members of the 913th Engineer Company, 269th Military Police Company, and C Company, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment were deployed supporting operations near Laredo, Texas.  

SMYRNA, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES

10.27.2021

Story by Staff Sgt. Timothy Cordeiro 

Tennessee National Guard Joint Public Affairs Office

– Nearly 160 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard have returned to Tennessee, Oct. 27, after spending more than a year away from home supporting operations near Laredo, Texas.

Approximately 60 Soldiers with Murfreesboro’s 269th Military Police Company, more than 65 from Union City’s 913th Engineer Company, and 35 Soldiers with Nashville’s C Company, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, arrived by bus at Smyrna’s Volunteer Training Site after spending over a week Fort Stewart, Georgia, conducting a demobilization process.

Soldiers were greeted by families, friends, and fellow service members before they conducted a short in processing and released to their families.

“It feels great to return home,” said Maj. Paul David, C Company, 2-151st Commander. “I’m proud of the work our Soldiers did while deployed.”

An additional 140 Soldiers from the same units are still in Fort Stewart and are scheduled to return sometime next week.

• Date Taken: 10.27.2021
• Date Posted: 10.29.2021 10:51
• Story ID: 408304
• Location: SMYRNA, TENNESSEE, US