N.C. Guard Soldiers Return from Kosovo Mission [Image 8 of 8]

GREENSBORO, NC, UNITED STATES

05.14.2016

Courtesy Photo

North Carolina National Guard

Spc. Preston Atwood, a rifleman with the 252nd Armored Brigade Combat Team Alpha Company, speaks to friends and family after the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team’s welcome home ceremony, in Greensboro, N.C., May 14, 2016. North Carolina National Guard’s Headquarters Company, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252nd Armored Regiment and Alpha Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252nd Armored Regiment units have returned home after completing their deployment in support of the Kosovo Force (KFOR), a North Atlantic Treaty Organization that leads an international peacekeeping force in Kosovo. While deployed to Kosovo, these Soldiers contributed to a secure environment, ensured public safety and order by coordinating the international humanitarian effort. They also contributed to the development of a stable, democratic, multi-ethnic and peaceful Kosovo, by supporting the development of the Kosovo Security Force. (US Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. Benjamin Chancey, HHD 60th Troop Command Public Affairs)

• Date Taken: 05.14.2016
• Date Posted: 05.21.2016 00:52
• Photo ID: 2603501
• VIRIN: 160514-Z-ZZ999-019
• Resolution: 4272x2848
• Size: 9.71 MB
• Location: GREENSBORO, NC, US