By Associated Press
Fort Campbell, KY – One of the last brigades called up to be a part of President Barack Obama's 30,000 troop surge in Afghanistan is returning home to Fort Campbell. Several hundred soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division returned Thursday to families and friends eager to see them again after a year at war. The brigade's more than 3,000 troops operated in the eastern Paktika province to maintain security along the mountainous border with Pakistan. About 15,000 soldiers from Fort Campbell have returned from Afghanistan this year, but seven thousand remain deployed.