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FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - More than 140 soldiers from the 539th Transportation Company, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, loaded their final bags and set forth on a year-long deployment March 9, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
“You are not just deploying to Afghanistan, you and your families are making history,” 539th Commander Capt. Brite Donkor told soldiers during the unit’s deployment ceremony’s opening remarks at Fort Wainwright, Feb. 23.
“Only one percent of the nation has signed on to become a Soldier, and they are the ones that make freedom possible for others all over the world,” said Donkor. “I am proud of you.”
As Donkor told the soldiers he was proud to be their commander he said to the family members “though you would miss [the soldiers] while they were gone, know that they are fulfilling the duty upon which the freedom of millions depends.”
“The months of training and long hours have prepared [them] for this moment,” Donkor said, “and I know [they] will do even greater things as [they] embark on the mission before [them].”
Family members and loved ones accompanied the soldiers to building 1001 to bid farewell and see the 539th Transportation soldiers off as they deployed from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The company is prepared to conduct convoy operations as well as force protection and sustainment operations during their expected 12-month deployment.
| Date Taken: | 03.09.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 03.16.2011 13:37 |
| Story ID: | 67179 |
| Location: | FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK, US |
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