Oregon National Guard

Oregon officially welcomed home the embedded trainers at a ceremony today in Salem. This is the weekend that the embedded trainers who have spent the last year in Afghanistan have/will reach(ed) Oregon. Welcome home, guys.

Also, on Friday, 30 airmen from the Portland Airbase were sent off to Texas Friday for training (Have a Lone Star Christmas, folks) and will depart for the Kirkuk Regional Airbase (KRAB) in January for a six-month deployment.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. John Hughel
Members of the 142nd Security Forces Squadron stand in formation during their deployment ceremony at the Portland Air National Guard Base in Portland Friday.

For a video of the soldiers at the return ceremony, click here.