ISFAC UPDATE: Arrival Date Set for Soldiers Returning from Afghanistan

 

Arrival Date Set for Soldiers Returning from Afghanistan

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. —  After serving their country for a year in Afghanistan, Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment will be home in North Dakota by tomorrow night. The Soldiers, who are part of the RAID III (Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment) mission, are leaving by bus from Fort McCoy, Wis., tomorrow afternoon. The schedule that was confirmed late this afternoon follows; times are estimated.

 

·         Fargo Armed Forces Reserve Center, 3920 31st St. N. in Fargo, around 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28

 

·         Grand Forks Armory Complex, 1501 48th St. S. in Grand Forks, around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28

 

·         Raymond J. Bohn Armory, 4200 Divide Ave. in Bismarck, around midnight Thursday, Jan. 28

 

About 40 Soldiers comprise RAID III, which arrived in Fort McCoy, Wis., yesterday to demobilize. The Soldiers mobilized in January 2009 to use the RAID equipment, which incorporates a tower system with sensor technology to protect forward operating bases.