Capt. Kenny Murray of Fairmont gets an airborne bear hug from his wife, Mari Jo, while 4-year-old son Mattox clings to his leg.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Members of the 156th Military Police Detachment of the West Virginia Army National Guard are greeted by family members at the Coonskin Armory on Friday upon their return home from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan.
While in Afghanistan, the soldiers established a biometric database of 2,000 inmates at two prisons, which was used to identify 15 high-value targets, according to coalition commanders. The soldiers also conducted reconnaissance patrols and force-protection missions, trained female Afghan border police officers, assisted in criminal investigations, and designed and built a new U.S. Army Military Police station in Kunduz.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Members of the 156th Military Police Detachment of the West Virginia Army National Guard are greeted by family members at the Coonskin Armory on Friday upon their return home from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan.
While in Afghanistan, the soldiers established a biometric database of 2,000 inmates at two prisons, which was used to identify 15 high-value targets, according to coalition commanders. The soldiers also conducted reconnaissance patrols and force-protection missions, trained female Afghan border police officers, assisted in criminal investigations, and designed and built a new U.S. Army Military Police station in Kunduz.
