(AP) – More than 160 soldiers returned to Fort Riley from Iraq recently.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the soldiers with the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division returned Friday night after a one year deployment to Baghdad. The unit deployed with more than 3,000 Soldiers in November 2010.
This was the brigade’s second deployment to Baghdad since their return to Fort Riley from Germany. The brigade previously deployed to Iraq from October 2008 to September 2009.