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Soldiers land on U.S. soil after yearlong mission in Kosovo

Lt. Col. Warren Pauling (left) with the North Dakota National Guard's demobilization team welcomes home 1st. Sgt. Richard Marschner, Mandan, as he exits the plane at Camp Atterbury, Ind., on July 18. Marschner served as the 1st Sgt. with the North Dakota Army National Guard's 957th Liaison Monitoring Team with the KFOR 12 contingent. Marschner is at Camp Atterbury participating in the demobilization process before returning home to North Dakota. Photo by Staff Sgt. Billie Jo Lorius, N.D. National Guard Public Affairs

Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota National Guard adjutant general, and other senior leaders, greeted nearly 400 North Dakota Soldiers who have spent the past year serving as part of the Kosovo Force 12 as they arrived at their respective demobilization stations at Camp Atterbury, Ind., and Fort Benning, Ga., July 18 to 20.

The first group of about 225 Guardsmen arrived in Ind. on July 18 with the second group of about 131 soldiers arriving this evening about 8:20 p.m. About 15 soldiers that were stationed in Pristina, Kosovo and Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina arrived at Fort Benning that weekend. They are arrived home to North Dakota by the end of the week after participating in the demobilization process. Continue…