Welcme them Home

7/17/2007 12:07 PM


Here is a current schedule for returning Companies. Bemidji A Co is scheduled to leave Fort McCoy on Sunday, July 22nd at 6 am and arrivein Bemidji at 2:30 pm. They will be going through Walker, MN and then goon Hwy 200 to Kabekona Corner and North to Bemidji on Hwy 71. They will proceed through Bemidji on Paul Bunyan Drive (Hwy 197) to the BSU JohnGlas fieldhouse where the families will be waiting. The community will be encouraged to stand on this route. The soldiers will enter the fieldhouse and stand in formation. The Mayor will give a very short official Bemidji "Welcome Home" with 1SG Solberg following with a few comments. Thenthe soldiers will be formally dismissed to their awaiting families. Families can enter the Jon Glas fieldhouse at 12:30 pm to meet and setupposters. The public can enter Jon Glas at 1:45 pm to wait. A CD has been put together by our soldiers that provide a snapshot of their life in Iraqfor families and community to view at Jon Glas while we are waiting for thebus to return. Oh Happy Days!!!

PLEASE TRY TO GET OUT AND

WELCOME THEM BACK. IT MEANS A LOT TO A SOLDIER COMING HOME...I KNOW!

Mike Lamon is in Maine-Copied from an e-mail from Marie

From Marie Lamon 7/15/2007 2:15 PM

Just a note to tell you thanks and thanks to God for bringing Mike and Able Company toMaine today. They will travel to Wisconsin for a week to 10 days, and then be home!!!! Thanks for your prayers for all the past from 2005 to now and please remember the troopsas they reintegrate back into their "normal" lives once again!!!!
Marie