FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - The last elements of the 101st Airborne Division have returned to Fort Campbell from Afghanistan.
When the plane carrying 186 members of the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade touched down at the U.S. Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border, it marked the first time in two years that all units were on post, according to The Leaf-Chronicle.
Also on the plane were the command group and the brigade colors.
The unit deployed in January 2010 to provide combat, medical and logistics support to U.S. troops. The brigade, known as Task Force Thunder, lost only six members -- all of them killed in one improvised explosive device attack in May 2011.
Maj. Gen. James C. McConville, commander of the 101st, gave the final address as the last unit arrived home.
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