SIOUX FALLS (AP) - A Sioux Falls-based Army National Guard unit that served in the Middle East is coming home.
Thirty-eight soldiers with the Guard's 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade served 10 months in Kuwait. They returned to American soil on Wednesday and are going through demobilization at Fort Hood, Texas.
A welcome-home ceremony in Sioux Falls is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. next Wednesday at the Sanford Pentagon. Mayor Mike Huether and state Guard commander Maj. Gen. Tim Reisch are to speak.