116th BCT HQs Soldiers return to Virginia after duty in Afghanistan
Sgt. 1st Class Rick Goodman reunites with his family at the Richmond International Airport Jan. 7. Goodman was one of about 110 Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard's Staunton-based 116th Brigade Combat Team Headquarters who returned to various locations across the state after serving on federal active duty in Afghanistan since early August 2011. The unit served as headquarters for Combined Team Zabul where they conducted full-spectrum counterinsurgency operations in Zabul Province in southeast Afghanistan, a region nearly the size of the State of New Jersey. They officially began federal active duty May 15, 2011 and mobilized with just 60 days notice.
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116th BCT HQs Soldiers return to Virginia after duty in Afghanistan
Sgt. 1st Class Rick Goodman reunites with his family at the Richmond International Airport Jan. 7. Goodman was one of about 110 Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard's Staunton-based 116th Brigade Combat Team Headquarters who returned to various locations across the state after serving on federal active duty in Afghanistan since early August 2011. The unit served as headquarters for Combined Team Zabul where they conducted full-spectrum counterinsurgency operations in Zabul Province in southeast Afghanistan, a region nearly the size of the State of New Jersey. They officially began federal active duty May 15, 2011 and mobilized with just 60 days notice.
More info: go.usa.gov/R1I