Troops return from guarding Gitmo

70 NEW MEXICO NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ARE BACK HOME TONIGHT -- AFTER SPENDING A YEAR AT GUANTANAMO...  More »

70 NEW MEXICO NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ARE BACK HOME TONIGHT -- AFTER SPENDING A YEAR AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 'I'm so excited to be home. I've been waiting a whole year to be back and i'm so excited to be here.' THE TROOPS FROM THE 100-11TH COMBAT SUPPORT BRIGADE OUT OF RIO RANCHO WERE GREETED WITH SALUTES AND HUGS THIS AFTERNOON AT KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE. THEIR YEAR LONG MISSION INCLUDED OVERSEEING DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AT THE MILITARY PRISON. MUCH OF THAT INCLUDED DEALING WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS TERROR SUSPECTS BEING HELD AT GITMO. 'I think this mission is not what americans think it is. Gitmo is absolutely the most american place on earth. Americans at their best doing a very tough job in a very politically charged environment.'THE TROOPS WILL SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THEN HEAD DOWN TO FORT BLISS IN EL PASO FOR A WEEK OF DE- BRIEFING.  « Less