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INDIANAPOLIS – The 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery, headquarters in Georgetown, S.C., returned to the U.S. from Afghanistan Nov. 7.
The soldiers will complete a demobilization process at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., before returning to South Carolina.
The 1-178th spent eight months in Afghanistan at Forward Operating Base Metherlom, near Kabul. The battalion’s primary mission as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team was to provide security for engineers, civil affairs, and medical personnel.
Approximately 800 soldiers returned, to include C Company and D Company, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, Pittsburgh, Pa., and C Company, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Barrigada, Guam. The 1-178th maintained command and control of these units while in Afghanistan.
“The best part was watching their schools being built and kids getting their education,” said Sgt. Kurt Barry, a Spartanburg, S.C., native. “When I was there in 2007-2008 there wasn’t enough schools for the kids to attend.” This is Barry’s second deployment.
Many soldiers are on their second tour to include Sgt. 1st Class Thadious Scott, Security Forces platoon sergeant, who was deployed in Iraq in 2004.
“I’m just happy to be in the U.S.,” said Scott, who will return to his two children in Columbia, S.C.
Multipleflights will continue to arrive in the U.S. as the remaining 1-178th Soldiers return home over the course of the month.
| Date Taken: | 11.10.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 11.10.2010 16:18 |
| Story ID: | 59864 |
| Location: | CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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