Family and Friends Welcome Home the 1138th

Hundreds of family and friends—many holding signs and balloons—waited anxiously for the return of their solders from Afghanistan Saturday afternoon at the . The Missouri National Guard unit had arrived at Lambert Airport around 11 a.m. Saturday morning and were then bused to the church, where they waited out of sight in another room. The crowd burst into applause when the service members filed in and took their seats.

The 1138th Transportation Company is based at Jefferson Barracks. They’ve spent the last year working out of Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan, where they ran more than 90 convoy missions to deliver supplies to operating bases. Before returning home, more than a dozen soldiers were awarded Bronze Stars and more than 100 soldiers received the Army Commendation Medal.

The service members were welcomed home by several government officials, including Governor Jay Nixon and Congressman Russ Carnahan.

Did any or residents attend? Welcome anyone personally home among us?