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Contact: Major Matthew Handley
Date: January 22, 2010
Phone: (919) 664-6242

SOLDIERS OF N.C. GUARD 30th HEAVY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM RETURN TO N.C. AFTER IRAQ DEPLOYMENT  

 
RALEIGH – The next group of about 440 of the nearly 4000 Soldiers of the N.C. Army National Guard‘s 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team is scheduled to return to North Carolina this weekend after a nine month deployment to Iraq. The Soldiers will meet families at armories in Charlotte, High Point, Sanford, Hamlet, Southern Pines, Lincolnton and Parkton. Below is the schedule.

Soldiers will return to the following locations:    Date (times are approximate)

4240 West Blvd., Charlotte January 23    11:00 a.m.
3515 Armory Dr., High Point January 23    12:00 p.m.
219 Boyd Lake Rd., Hamlet January 23    11:00 a.m.
2214 Nash St., Sanford January 23    11:00 a.m.
1224 Aspen Court, Lincolnton January 24    11:00 a.m.
439 N. Washington St., Parkton January 24    10:45 a.m.
500 Morganton Rd., Southern Pines January 24    11:00 a.m.
                 
These Soldiers arrived at Ft. Stewart, Ga. last weekend, and then spent this week undergoing the demobilization process.

This process entails medical screening, administrative out processing and initial reintegration training. The process takes about a week, but can last longer to address any concerns Soldiers may have regarding their time on active duty.

The 30th began training in December of last year and deployed overseas in April. During their deployment the 30th conducted a wide range of missions; they trained Iraqi Police and Army Forces, assisted in civil projects like schools and infrastructure improvements, and conducted joint combat operations with Iraqi Security Forces. The 30th suffered 29 wounded in action and seven killed in action, five of those killed were N.C. National Guard Soldiers.

Over the next several weeks there will be a continuous flow of Soldiers returning to armories around the state. There is large welcome home ceremony scheduled for April 11 at the RBC Center in Raleigh.

For additional information on the 30th, visit the NC National Guard Website at www.nc.ngb.army.mil or contact the N.C. National Guard Public Affairs Office at (919) 664-6242 or (919) 612-5061 on weekends and after hours.