Medical Soldiers arrive in North Dakota

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Billie Jo Lorius | Capt. Coty Sicble, commander of the Bismarck-based 814th Medical Company (Area Support), is greeted by her husband, Monty, and her daughter, Carley, at the Bismarck Airport Nov. 2 upon her return from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Billie Jo Lorius, 116th Public Affairs Detachment)  

BISMARCK, ND, UNITED STATES

11.02.2014

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North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs

BISMARCK, N.D. — Soldiers with the Bismarck-based 814th Medical Company (Area Support) returned home from Afghanistan today after about one-third of the unit returned earlier this year. The group of nearly 25 Soldiers will continue to arrive on several separate flights through this evening.

“With the return of these Soldiers, all members of the 814th Medical Company are back home in North Dakota following a nearly yearlong mission in Afghanistan,” said Gov. Jack Dalrymple. “We are proud of the outstanding work they accomplished while deployed and grateful to them and their families for their distinguished service to our state and nation. Welcome home!”

While deployed, the 814th Medical Company (Area Support) conducted two primary missions: a 911 support team provided patient transport to base treatment facilities in Afghanistan as ambulance drivers. The Soldiers also provided first aid and life-saving care while working at a troop medical clinic and sick-call care for service members and civilian contractors in their area.

“Our Soldiers continue to serve at home and abroad and as the 814th comes home, we applaud their accomplishments as a unit and as individual Soldiers. There is no doubt that their service had a deep impact on the lives of their fellow service members and we look forward to reintegrating them back into our organization,” said Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general.

Capt. Coty Sicble, of Bismarck, commands the 814th Medical Company (Area Support), and 1st Sgt. Ken Baer, of Garrison, North Dakota, serves as the senior enlisted leader.

The unit’s Soldiers who returned earlier this year came home in two groups; one in August and another in September. The early returns were a result of the recent draw down of U.S. Forces in the global war on terrorism.

The mission in Afghanistan was the first deployment for the 814th Medical Company (Area Support), although a dozen of its Soldiers had previously deployed overseas.

• Date Taken: 11.02.2014
• Date Posted: 11.02.2014 21:11
• Story ID: 146798
• Location: BISMARCK, ND, US