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More 76th Brigade Soldiers set to return Friday, Nov. 21

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana National Guard is pleased to announce more than 300 Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are scheduled to arrive at the Indianapolis International Airport at 5:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 after serving in Iraq the past nine months.

The Soldiers are with five different units: 113th Support Battalion based in Muncie, Ind.; Company B, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry based in Martinsville, Ind.; Company C, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry based in Indianapolis; Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry based in Fort Wayne, Ind. and Company A, 76th Brigade Special Troops Battalion also based in Indianapolis.

The Soldiers will travel to Stout Field 2002 S. Holt Road, Building 9 at around 6:15 p.m. where family and friends are expected to greet the returning Soldiers.

More than 2,400 Indiana Army National Guardsman with the brigade are scheduled to return over the next three weeks.

While in Iraq 113th Soldiers were responsible for force protection and base defense, and also supported other brigade units with convoy logistics patrols.

Soldiers with the Company B provided security for more than 300 combat logistics patrols while travelling more than 500,000 miles.

Company C Soldiers supported the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Contingency Operating Base Q-West and provided security for more than 200 patrols while travelling more than 255,000 miles.

The 293rd Soldiers ran an operations center, and planned, coordinated and tracked logistics patrols across the theater. The company was part of Task Force 1-293rd which completed more than 1,000 missions totaling more than 1,000,000 miles while encountering more than 93 enemy activities such as improvised explosive device detonations, small arms fire, and rocket launched attacks among others.

Finally, Soldiers with the Special Troops Battalion manned the main entry point at COB Q-West and provided the quick reaction force for the base.

The media are invited to cover the return at 2002 S. Holt Road, Building 9.
Flights times and dates are subject to change and media will be notified of such changes when they are available.