About 100 3rd Infantry Division soldiers returned to Fort Stewart this morning from Afghanistan.
A large crowd awaited the soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment of the divsion's 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team who returned after nine months assiting Afghan National Security Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom.
The unit was the first 3rd ID ground forces to ever operate in Afghanistan.
The majority of the battalion's 700 deployed soldiers will return to the installation in the coming weeks.
See Thursday's Savannah Morning News for the full story on Wednesday morning's redeployment ceremony.