AM 1240 WJON » soldiers http://wjon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 12:06:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 45 Minnesota National Guard Soldiers Returning Home http://wjon.com/45-minnesota-national-guard-soldiers-returning-home/ http://wjon.com/45-minnesota-national-guard-soldiers-returning-home/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:10:59 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=147245 Eighteen soldiers in Minnesota's Army National Guard are returning home on Veterans Day after being stationed overseas since last year. The other 27 soldiers from their company are scheduled to return next month.

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]]> http://wjon.com/45-minnesota-national-guard-soldiers-returning-home/feed/ 0 Jim Maurice 50 St. Cloud Area Soldiers to be Deployed http://wjon.com/50-st-cloud-area-soldiers-to-be-deployed/ http://wjon.com/50-st-cloud-area-soldiers-to-be-deployed/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:16:38 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=118710 Fifty soldiers from St. Cloud's Company C, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion are being deployed. The ceremony is this Friday at 11:00 a.m. at the National Guard Aviation Support Facility.

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]]> http://wjon.com/50-st-cloud-area-soldiers-to-be-deployed/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Another Group of National Guard Soldiers Coming Home http://wjon.com/another-group-of-national-guard-soldiers-coming-home/ http://wjon.com/another-group-of-national-guard-soldiers-coming-home/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:17:34 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=97846 More reunions tomorrow (Friday) for members of the Minnesota National Guard and their families. About 220 soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 24th Infantry Division are returning to Minnesota.

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]]> http://wjon.com/another-group-of-national-guard-soldiers-coming-home/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Hundreds of Minnesota Soldiers Return http://wjon.com/hundreds-of-minnesota-soldiers-return/ http://wjon.com/hundreds-of-minnesota-soldiers-return/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 12:41:12 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=97413 Hundreds of Minnesota National Guard soldiers are settling back into civilian life after returning to the state in the past few days. And if they don't have a job to come back to, they will soon be looking for work.

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]]> http://wjon.com/hundreds-of-minnesota-soldiers-return/feed/ 0 More National Guard Soldiers Coming Back to Central Minnesota http://wjon.com/more-national-guard-soldiers-coming-back-to-central-minnesota/ http://wjon.com/more-national-guard-soldiers-coming-back-to-central-minnesota/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:31:58 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=96733 The 7th and 8th waves of soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team will be returning to Minnesota late tonight (Monday) and tomorrow afternoon. The National Guard says there are 500 soldiers in this latest group.

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]]> http://wjon.com/more-national-guard-soldiers-coming-back-to-central-minnesota/feed/ 0 Jim Maurice More Red Bulls Coming Home Today http://wjon.com/more-red-bulls-coming-home-today/ http://wjon.com/more-red-bulls-coming-home-today/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:46:37 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=93461 The second wave of National Guard soldiers are coming home today (Wednesday). There are 219 soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team 34th Infantry that are returning to the state.

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]]> http://wjon.com/more-red-bulls-coming-home-today/feed/ 0 Jim Maurice Holiday Greetings From Kuwait [VIDEO] http://wjon.com/holiday-greetings-from-kuwait-video/ http://wjon.com/holiday-greetings-from-kuwait-video/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:19:15 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=61394 Pine City's Troop B, 1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry of the Minnesota National Guard sing their greetings to friends and family from their deployment at Camp Buehring in Kuwait.

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]]> http://wjon.com/holiday-greetings-from-kuwait-video/feed/ 0 17 Soldiers Returning To Brainerd Area From Afghanistan http://wjon.com/17-soldiers-returning-to-brainerd-area-from-afghanistan/ http://wjon.com/17-soldiers-returning-to-brainerd-area-from-afghanistan/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:28:21 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=28047 Seventeen soldiers who have been serving in Afghanistan for the past 10 months are scheduled to return to Minnesota. The troops are members of the U.S. Army Reserve's 309th Engineering Company.

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]]> http://wjon.com/17-soldiers-returning-to-brainerd-area-from-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Fort Snelling Ceremony To Greet Returning Soldiers http://wjon.com/fort-snelling-ceremony-to-greet-returning-soldiers/ http://wjon.com/fort-snelling-ceremony-to-greet-returning-soldiers/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:10:05 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=4290 About 70 U.S. Army Reserve soldiers will be welcomed home from Iraq and Kosovo in a ceremony at Fort Snelling.

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