Two-hundred South Dakota National Guard men and women are back in South Dakota today after nearly a year in Afghanistan. The soliders, including Sergent First Class Steven Halter of Huron, served in the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Bridgade. Halter says no words exist that can describe seeing the ones you love after so long….
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/05/halterhome1.mp3|titles=halterhome1]Halter says members of the 196th were getting antsy as the departed Fort McCoy Wisconsin, but mood on the bus was of solitude…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/05/halterhome2.mp3|titles=halterhome2]As for his time in Afganistan it was fairly mundane, with this execption…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/05/halterhome3.mp3|titles=halterhome3]Halter is looking forward to tasks that many don’t care for…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/05/halterhome4.mp3|titles=halterhome4]The 196th M-E-B came home with some extra hardware too…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/05/halterhome5.mp3|titles=halterhome5]Returning soliders have up to 90 days before returning to work. Halter plans on taking about a month and a half before going back to this job.