Soldiers Returning Home

Two North Dakota National Guard units are preparing to return home from Iraq. Good Afternoon, I...  More »

Two North Dakota National Guard units are preparing to return home from Iraq. Good Afternoon, I'm Donnell Preskey... The Minot-based 164th EngineerBattalion Security Forces has been serving in Iraq since September 2007. The Grand Forks-based 132nd Quartermaster Company has been there since July 2007. And today, Governor John Hoeven and Guard Adjutant General Dave Sprynzynatic tell families what they've been waiting to hear: when their soldier is coming home. The group should arrive at Camp Shelby, Mississippi by this weekend, and be back in North Dakota by the end of next week. Hoeven took the occasion to compliment the job the 164th did in Iraq. (Gov. John Hoeven) Your soldiers did a fantastic job and we deeply appreciate their service. What they're doing for our country, and also they represent the state so well, our North Dakota National Guard, our Army Guard and our Air Guard, are absolutely the best anywhere. Already, three soldiers from the 164th have arrived at Camp Shelby to begin preparations for the arrival of the entire group of deployed soldiers.  « Less