FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – It was a little warm inside Hangar 3 at Campbell Army Airfield Monday, but there were still a lot of happy family members and friends at the Welcome Home Ceremony for 193 soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) “Rakkasans” returning from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

With the construction work going on at the airfield on Post, the 3rd BCT soldiers flew into Nashville earlier today and arrived by bus at Fort Campbell.

The soldiers were supporting Operation Freedom Sentinel on a mission to train, advise, and assist to build the capacity of the Afghan Army and Police.