Fort Campbell troops come home early

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Spc. Floyd Burk of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, hugs his dad, Walter, during a homecoming ceremony Thursday at Fort Campbell, Ky. The troops returned six weeks ahead of schedule, their 15-month deployment cut short amid improving security in Iraq.


Fort Campbell troops come home early
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, November 16, 2008

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — For once, the troops got to come home early.

Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division arrived home Thursday and Friday, six weeks ahead of schedule. Their 15-month deployment was cut short amid improving security in Iraq, allowing the troops to be home for the holidays.

"There he is! There’s my baby! See him?" exclaimed Lyquetta Gilbert when she saw her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Reginald Gilbert.

The returning soldier beamed as he held his son on one arm and two of his daughters on the other. Later, he wiped a tear off his eldest daughter’s eye as she gave him a hug.

Amid the joyful reunion, the tension seemed to drain from his wife’s face.


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