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Yeah . Hello , I'm tom Williams from

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the fort Huachuca public affairs office .

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And this is your fourth report , A

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plane carrying almost 300 soldiers

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assigned to the 86 expeditionary signal

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battalion touched down at Fort Huachuca

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is Libby Army airfield . The soldiers

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returned to Arizona after a year

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deployed to various locations in

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Afghanistan . Fort Huachuca leaders

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welcomed the soldiers as they off

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loaded the plane . A group of flag

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carrying veterans also greeted the

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soldiers .

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The

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returning soldiers boarded buses and

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were escorted by military police and

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motorcyclists to Barnes , field house

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inside the gymnasium . Family and

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friends anxiously awaited the soldiers

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return .

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The Commander of Network Enterprise

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Technology Command 9th Signal Command

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Army addressed the gathering . First of

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All , Welcome Home to the

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86 .

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Second of all lucky and not tell you

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how very proud we are . You you with

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dale range and took a very , very

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Kardashian and Excel and you have set a

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new standard for the regiment fool .

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Yeah . Mhm . And lastly ,

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okay , lastly be sick .

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I know you've been down range 12 months .

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I know you've got a lot of energy , you

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know , you've got some things you want

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to do , expect these great family

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members over on the right and your

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friends and your battle buddies

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standing next to you to take care of

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you and make sure that you stay safe

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here books And then the commander

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of the 11th Signal Brigade made remarks .

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Unbelievable , Fantastic job from

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converting century size tap uh combined

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that up center uh adding thousands of

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users to the network to all the

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soldiers that you trained to all the

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talks , command post combat outpost

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that you supported truly amazing job .

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You have truly set the standard what

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ESPN needs to do in Afghanistan and

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we'll work to meet that standard every

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time in Afghanistan . Thanks thank you

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very much . Soldiers that reunited with

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family and friends .

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Oh ,

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the government went very well and I'm

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glad to be back . I love Az so I'm glad

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to be back here . I feel great . I feel

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relieved . Ready to take a little

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vacation , relax my family . It was ,

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it was a great experience . We learned

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a lot over there . We help people over

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there , everything I think we made a

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difference and I feel great to be back

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home . Soldiers will undergo

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reintegration training to help them

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adjust to life outside of Afghanistan .

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And then in a few months , the 86

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soldiers will once again case their

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colors and move to a new home at Fort

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Bliss Texas . That'll do it for this

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edition of the Fort report . Have a

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great day .

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Yeah