The Last Of The 139th Returns To South Dakota

May 12, 2012 prnews Local News 0

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The last 46 of the 64 Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 139th Brigade Support Battalion are back in the United States.  The soldiers arrived Friday evening in Fort Hood, Texas, after serving a nearly yearlong deployment to Iraq and Kuwait. The other 18 members of the 139th returned home a month earlier.  The 139th is comprised of soldiers from the Brookings, Redfield, Watertown, Miller, Mitchell, Rapid City and Sioux Falls areas. They deployed in July with a mission to provide supply, maintenance and transportation support to U.S. forces.  Members of the 139th will spend about a week at Fort Hood completing de-mobilization requirements before returning to South Dakota.  The guard says details of the unit’s arrival home will be made available as soon as they are confirmed.