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More National Guard Soldiers Coming Back to Central Minnesota

Jim Maurice — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:31:58 +0000

The 7th and 8th waves of soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team will be returning to Minnesota late tonight (Monday) and tomorrow afternoon. The National Guard says there are 500 soldiers in this latest group. A bus will drop off soldiers at the St. Cloud National Guard Armory at about 12:15 a.m. on Tuesday, [...]

More Red Bulls Coming Back to Minnesota, St. Cloud Friday

Jim Maurice — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:50:55 +0000

Another group of National Guard soldiers are coming home to Central Minnesota. More than 250 soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division are scheduled to return to Minnesota tomorrow (Friday). It’s the fifth wave of soldiers to come back to the state in the past few weeks. They’ll be arriving at the [...]

More Red Bulls Coming Home Today

Jim Maurice — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:46:37 +0000

The second wave of National Guard soldiers are coming home today (Wednesday). There are 219 soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team 34th Infantry that are returning to the state. A bus will drop off soldiers from Central Minnesota at the St. Cloud Armory at 11:15 a.m. this morning. On Sunday 215 soldiers returned home, [...]

Nearly 3,000 Soldiers Returning Home to Minnesota

Jim Maurice — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:54:11 +0000

The Minnesota National Guard has announced the return of nearly 3,000 soldiers to Minnesota over the next three weeks. They have been serving in Afghanistan and Kuwait during the past year. A National Guard spokesman says, given the complexity of transporting and processing that large number of soldiers, they won’t have firm dates and times [...]

Tears, Hugs as Soldiers Return Home from Iraq [AUDIO]

Jim Maurice — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:54:56 +0000

70 Minnesota National Guard soldiers returned home to St. Cloud today to tears, hugs and celebrations just in time for Thanksgiving.