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Fort Campbell soldiers returning after 9 months in Kuwait

101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sharifa Newton.
A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, crewed by Soldiers of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, sling load an M777 howitzer out of a fire point, Jan. 31, 2018, over the Fort Campbell, Kentucky, training area. The 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division Artillery Brigade, called upon the 101st CAB to support its platoon-level live-fire certification and qualification during which howitzers and artillerymen were transported by air from one area to another to simulate an air assault gun raid.
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — More than 140 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division are returning to Kentucky this week after nine months in Kuwait.

Fort Campbell says the soldiers from the 594th Transportation Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade transported supplies and equipment throughout Kuwait in support of U.S. forces.

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The soldiers are expected Wednesday afternoon, and a welcome home ceremony has been arranged.

The Army post is located on the Kentucky-Tennessee border.

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