• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The last 46 of the 64 Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard's 139th Brigade Support Battalion are back in the United States.
• The soldiers arrived Friday evening in Fort Hood, Texas, after serving a nearly yearlong deployment to Iraq and Kuwait. The other 18 members of the 139th returned home a month earlier.
• The 139th is comprised of soldiers from the Brookings, Redfield, Watertown, Miller, Mitchell, Rapid City and Sioux Falls areas. They deployed in July with a mis

sion to provide supply, maintenance and transportation support to U.S. forces.
• Members of the 139th will spend about a week at Fort Hood completing de-mobilization requirements before returning to South Dakota.
• The guard says details of the unit's arrival home will be made available as soon as they are confirmed.
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