Family and Friends Welcome Home the 1138th
All 165 members of the Missouri National Guard’s 1138th Transportation Company, based in St. Louis, were welcomed home Saturday.
Hundreds of family and friends—many holding signs and balloons—waited anxiously for the return of their solders from Afghanistan Saturday afternoon at the First Evangelical Free Church. 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 …
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Christopher Osborne
6:21 am on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Thank You for your support. I would do it again but I am coming back home early after a few missions out. I am unable to support the protective armor that saved my life. I need to get fixed before I can go on my next mission. Again Thank You more ›