Navy personnel heading home from war zones

Navy personnel assigned to other services in war zones are heading home, too
By Drew Brooks
Staff writer

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - They sometimes call themselves sand sailors.

They are the thousands of U.S. Navy personnel who have fought in the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan or who have worked in Kuwait supporting the two operations.

On Friday, more than 30 sailors who had been deployed as individuals and attached to other service branches took one step closer to home, turning in their body armor and other gear and preparing to fly to the United States.

In addition to the sailors who have fought and worked alongside soldiers, Marines and airmen for the past decade of war, others are playing a key role in the drawdown in Iraq.

"We've been here for quite a while," said Capt. Keith Jones, commander of the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group Forward, a Navy unit that falls under the 1st Theater Sustainment Command. "And some of the last troops in Iraq will be my sailors."
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