Tennessee Guard units returning from Iraq duty

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? An engineering brigade of the Tennessee National Guard returned Friday from a year’s service in Iraq and two other state units are scheduled to be back soon.

The 194th Engineer Brigade was welcomed this morning at Fort Bragg, N.C., by Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett, the state adjutant general. State Command Sgt. Maj. Roy Williams was also there.

The 120 soldiers are based in Jackson. After about 10 days of processing at Fort Bragg, they’ll return home.

The 230th Engineer Battalion Headquarters from Trenton and Company “A” from Milan and McKenzie are scheduled to arrive at Fort Sill, Okla., Saturday.

They are scheduled to be met by top Guard officials and should be home in about a week.

The 844th Engineering Battalion, an Army Reserve unit, is scheduled to return Wednesday to Camp Atterbury, Ind., after more than 14 months on active duty.

The unit of about 575 soldiers has companies in Greenville, Gray, Knoxville and Chattanooga.