Crowd Welcomes Home 150 Army Reservists

Marion gives U. S. Army Reserves unit a warm welcome home
SWVA.com
Linda Burchette
Staff Writer
October 24, 2014

It was a much happier gathering in downtown Marion Friday than a year ago.

In August 2013 the crowds were sending U.S. Army Reserves 760th Engineering Company off to Afghanistan with tears and best wishes for their safety. Yesterday, they were welcoming the soldiers home with smiles and congratulations for a job well done.

The 760th, a vertical engineer company of about 150 members organized to handle a wide range of missions, had been deployed to Afghanistan for a retrograde mission to close forward operating bases and pack up and send equipment back to the United States.
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