Homecoming

A letter from Col. Shields

The 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team has returned from 16 months in combat (approximately 450+ days), one of the longest continuous combat deployments of any brigade formation in our Army’s recent history.

Homecoming stories

OCTOBER 2006

Return rings up sales

This story originally ran in the Dec. 10, 2006, issue of the News-Miner.

Husband, dad, hero home at last

After spending 24 hours a day for seven days a week for four weeks a month for 16 months of deployment learning how to wait, you’d think small increments of time like an hour and a half would just fly by.

The comforts of home

This story originally ran in the Nov. 30, 2006, issue of the News-Miner.

Commanders return with Stryker brigade

This story originally ran in the Nov. 28, 2006, issue of the News-Miner.

At long last, Stryker families reunited

This story originally ran in the Nov. 26, 2006, issue of the News-Miner.

From sand to snow, soldiers get a warm return to Fairbanks

This story originally ran in the Nov. 6, 2006, issue of the News-Miner.