100 SOLDIERS FROM 13TH COSCOM UNIT RETURN TO FORT HOOD EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
III Corps Release
Release Date: 9/24/2003
Approximately 100 soldiers from the 418th Transportation Company of the 13th Corps Support Command will return to Fort Hood early morning on Sept. 26 after serving seven months in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The unit crossed into Iraq in support of the 3rd Infantry Division. The unit was responsible for delivering fuel throughout Central Iraq, and maintaining fuel quantities in the Baghdad area. Additionally the unit was responsible for providing training to local Iraqis and providing escort to Iraqi trucks as they delivered much needed supplies to coalition base camps. While in Iraq the unit transported 3.5 million gallons of fuel and drove over 250,000 miles in support of 3rd Infantry Division and V Corps.
The soldiers will be welcomed home in a late night ceremony at Fort Hood's Abrams Gym. The soldiers deployed from Fort Hood on February 26th.
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