Public Encouraged to Welcome Lakes Area Troops Home from 11-Month Deployment to Middle East

Army Lt. Col. Jake Helgestad

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) – Lakes Area National Guard troops will be returning to Detroit Lakes, Wednesday.

Around 95 troops from the Brainerd-based 1-194 Task Force spent an 11-month deployment in the Middle East.

The Minnesota troops assisted with evacuations in Kabul, Afghanistan, and provided medical screening and support for more than five thousand Afghan civilians in Kuwait.

Troops will arrive around 3 p.m. and residents are encouraged to line the streets to welcome them home as they travel from Highway 10 to Washington Ave., Willow to Rossman and Rossman to the Detroit Lakes Armory.