Transportation company returning to Fort Campbell

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — About 140 soldiers will return to Fort Campbell for a late Thanksgiving with family members.

The 594th Transportation Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion is scheduled to arrive at the military post on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line at about 7:20 p.m. CDT Thursday.

The unit, an arm of 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, spent nine months deployed to Kuwait where they provided transportation support units.

The soldiers also provided logistical support against the Islamic State, a terrorist group that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria.

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