January 15, 2009
Staff Sgt. Bryant Massey, left, an Avenger crewmember with E Battery, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery, and Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Clem, right, 108th ADA Brigade command sergeant major, instruct Spc. Henry Lopez and Staff Sgt. Philip Kightlinger on the Man-Portable Air Defense System during a live-fire exercise Jan. 7 at McGregor Range, N.M. For more on this story, see the "News" section of our Web site. Photo by Spc. Cassandra Villezcas.
Soldiers come home
230th Finance Co., 540th MP Bn. return from
respective deployments
Spc. Jonathan W. Thomas
16th MPAD
Nearly 100 Soldiers from C Detachment, 230th Finance Company, stationed here, and the 540th Military Police Battalion, a Reserve unit from Omaha, Neb., returned Sunday from their respective deployments to Iraq.
Soldiers from the 230th Finance Co. were deployed for 15 months, while those from the 540th MP Bn. were mobilized for 12 months, 10 of which were spent in Iraq. The MPs were in charge of a theater internment facility at Camp Bucca, Iraq, at one point commanding 11 companies under their battalion.