FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Dozens of 101st Airborne Division soldiers are back at Fort Campbell after a nine-month deployment to Iraq.
The post says about 170 soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 101st Airborne, and 101st Airborne Division Artillery was in Iraq as part of the effort to advise and assist Iraqi forces in defeating the Islamic State group.
The soldiers were welcomed back to the post during a ceremony Friday with family, friends and fellow soldiers. The Army post is located on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line.
The commanding general of the 101st, Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky, thanked the soldiers for their work and said he was proud of the unit's dedication.
Approximately 1,300 soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team "Strike" remain in Iraq.
