THIS APPEARS TO BE good news for these guys, based out of Fort Benning, Georgia.

Most 3rd Brigade soldiers have spent 12 of the past 15 months in Kuwait and Iraq. They are scheduled for a one-month rotation at the National Training Center in Southern California's Mojave Desert in November.

The division ordered Ward and his advance party to Camp New York on May 12 to prepare for the brigade's return home. The Pentagon put a halt to that movement following reports of continuing violence around Iraq.

The 3rd Brigade advance team said it received an ovation from activated National Guard troops as it entered the camp. The team's soldiers have spent part of the past three weeks collecting the brigade's vehicles that broke down en route to war.

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