Monday, November 21, 2005

SSG Dan is Home

Here's the press release from Friday:
137TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY IS RETURNING TO KANSAS
The 137th Transportation Company (Palletized Load System), Kansas National Guard, will be returning to Kansas on Monday, Nov. 21, after a year-long deployment to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The 137th Transportation Company (PLS), headquartered in Olathe with a detachment in St. Mary's, has been hauling cargo in convoys in Iraq this past year. They haul pre-palletized loads of ammunition, food, materials and other bulk items.

A return ceremony for the 137th is being planned.
This unit was previously mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom on Feb. 3, 2003, and returned home on Jan. 13, 2004. They were stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C., for that year and about 20 of the soldiers were deployed to Iraq.
Dan was one of the twenty that went to Iraq the first time, so this was his second tour. He should be undeployable now (unless there's a catastrophic event) until he retires from the guard. Please be praying for him and his family as he adjusts to life at home.

God bless you brother! We thank you for your service to Freedom and Liberty.

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