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3rd-112th FA Returns Home
By Sgt. 1st Class Robert Stephenson, NJDMAVA/PA
Members of the 3rd, Battalion, 112th Field Artillery returned from their year-long deployment
to Heidelberg, Stuttgart and Wurzburg, Germany and Pisa and Vicenza, Italy.
The 220 Soldiers in the Battalion were comprised of members of Alpha and Charlie
companies, as well as volunteers from the 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry; 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry;
2nd Battalion, 102nd Armor; and the 5th Squadron, 117th Cavalry. There was also one Soldier from
the 253rd Transportation Company. The remaining thirty Soldiers will return in the early summer.
The Soldiers, a mix of Artillerymen, Cavalry, Tankers and Infantrymen were all trained and
awarded the Military Police military occupation specialty code at Ft. Leonard Wood prior to the
overseas deployment. In addition to performing their MP mission, many had the opportunity to
fulfill their Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course requirement and two Soldiers even earned the
Air Assault badge at the base in Grafenwoehr, Germany.
Photo credits: Capt. Jon Powers, 444MPAD, Lt. Col. Roberta Niedt, NJDMAVA/PAO.
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