Reservists Welcomed Home

(Fort Lawton Release) - About 60 Army Reserve soldiers from units in the Northwest who have returned in the last six months from deployments as part of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom will receive Welcome Home Warrior Citizen awards Saturday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. at Pence Auditorium in Harvey U.S. Army Reserve Center at Fort Lawton, Wash.

Soldiers receiving the award are from the following units: 1395th Transportation Brigade, Fort Lawton, Wash.; 382nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Fort Lawton, Wash, 164th Maintenance Co., Fort Lewis, Wash., 175th Transportation Co., Kandle U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tacoma; 467th Transportation Co., Pier 23, Tacoma, Wash., 737th Transportation Co., Yakima, Wash., 970th Transportation Co. Detachment, Eugene, Ore., B Co., 949th Base Support Battalion, Fort Lewis, Wash., 385th Transportation Battalion, Pier 23, Tacoma, and A Co./5/159th Aviation Regiment, Gray Army Airfield, Fort Lewis, Wash.

The Welcome Home Warrior Citizen Award was developed to provide an appropriate and enduring memento for soldiers who participated in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The award was established in December 2004 by Lt. Gen. James Helmly, Chief, Army Reserve.