Soldiers of A Battery, 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment headquartered in High Point, will return to N.C. meeting their families at the Providence Place Conference Center, 1701 Westchester Dr. in High Point, at 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 28

A Battery, 5^th Battalion, 113^th Field Artillery Regiment was called to federal active duty in May 2005 when the unit was activated for Operation Iraqi Freedom.  The Soldiers trained at Ft. Mclennan, Ala. in transportation operations. The unit then deployed as Alpha Battery 5th Battalion of 113th Truck Company Provisional for further training at Camp Adeberry, Ind.  

The Soldiers of A Battery, 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment drove over 7.5 million miles transporting nearly 140 thousand tons of supplies throughout the theatre.  The Soldiers completed over 240 missions.  Eighty-Five Soldiers earned a Combat Action Badge for “actively engaging or being engaged by the enemy” and one Soldier was awarded the Purple Heart for “being wounded or injured as a direct result of hostile enemy action”.     

The North Carolina National Guard is a premier Joint Force ready for missions at home and abroad, seamlessly integrated with all federal, state and local agencies and capable of providing plans, policy and ready forces as required.

Members of the unit will be available for interview.