The 515th returns to Belen tomorrow

May 04, 2010

The New Mexico National Guard 515th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion will return to Belen from Iraq tomorrow afternoon, with a welcome home ceremony scheduled for 4:00pm at Calvary Chapel in Belen.

The public is welcome to attend to show their support for the soldiers.

The soldiers will be riding in a convoy from Fort Bliss to Belen tomorrow afternoon, with an anticipated arrival in Belen around 4:00pm.

The soldiers served in Iraq for nearly a year.

Valencia! kept track of the 515th as they left Belen for their tour of duty:

• Soldiers get ready for Iraq deployment
• Recently deployed soldier suffers heart attack
• Soldiers arrive in Kuwait
• New Mexico soldiers arrive in Iraq
• Soldiers settle into their Iraq mission
• Soldiers prepare for next year’s Iraq drawdown
• Soldiers spend Thanksgiving in transition
• Troops celebrated the holidays with tradition
• Soldiers in Iraq anticipate early return home

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