Virginia Guard senior leaders visit 116th Soldiers at Camp Shelby - January 5, 2012

Senior leaders of the Virginia National Guard visit Soldiers from the Staunton-based 116th Brigade Combat Team Headquarters Jan. 5 as the Soldiers conduct demobilization activities at Camp Shelby, Miss. Approximately 175 Soldiers from the 116th BCT Headquarters returned to the United States 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. Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long, Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis A. Green, the senior enlisted leader of the Virginia National Guard, and Col. William J. Coffin, state personnel officer, welcomed Soldiers home during the visit and received an update on the unit's progress in the demobilization process.
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