4th Stryker BCT soldiers begin returning

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4th Stryker BCT soldiers begin returning
By Scott Fontaine - The News Tribune via AP
Posted : Sunday May 4, 2008 14:01:53 EDT

FORT LEWIS, Wash. — It’s been nearly 13 months since Shawnie Salgado’s husband deployed to Iraq.

That’s 13 months of loneliness. Thirteen months of juggling work and motherhood. Thirteen months of apprehension every time someone knocked on the door or called late at night.

Those 13 months ended during the weekend.

Her husband, Army Capt. Joseph Salgado, and about 110 other members of an advance party of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division returned to Fort Lewis, and enthusiastic friends and family members greeted the returning warriors.

The advance party consists of soldiers from each of the brigade’s battalions and companies. Their job is to help prepare for the return of the brigade’s remaining 3,500 to 4,000 soldiers, who will come home in the next few months.


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