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Soldiers from Suffolk-based cavalry troop return to Virginia after duty in Iraq

Families, friends and senior Virginia National Guard leaders welcome home approximately 120 Soldiers from the Suffolk-based Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 116th Brigade Combat Team Dec. 8 after serving in Iraq since August 2011. The Soldiers returned to their home armory in Suffolk after arriving back in the United States Dec. 1 and conducting demobilization activities at Camp Atterbury, Ind. The Soldiers are part of a group of about 825 Soldiers from across the commonwealth who mobilized for duty in Iraq as Task Force 183 under the command of the Portsmouth-based 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment with units in Norfolk, Suffolk and Virginia Beach in addition to units from Christiansburg and Fredericksburg. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia Department of Military Affairs)

 

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