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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Family, friends and fellow soldiers at Fort Campbell welcomed home 59 101st soldiers early in the morning Wednesday, March 11 at Campbell Army Airfield.
The soldiers are from the 101st Sustainment Brigade; Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 101st Airborne Division; and 86th Combat Support Hospital. They returned from their deployment to West Africa where the unit provided humanitarian assistance in support of Operation United Assistance, the comprehensive U.S. government response to the Ebola pandemic.
One of the returning soldiers was Lieutenant Colonel David Bowlus, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Chaplain. Colonel Bowlus talked about being home. “This is one of the best feelings in the world, to be gone overseas and then come back and see my family and all of these soldiers seeing their families as well. It’s a great feeling,” said Bowlus.
Just before the Welcome Home Ceremony, the 86th Combat Support Hospital uncased their colors. These soldiers also completed their 21-day controlled monitoring at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.