FORT BENNING, GA (WTVM) -
They're
confident and they say they are ready to get the mission done. Soldiers
and their families said their final goodbyes before they left for a 9-month
deployment to Afghanistan.
Hugs, kisses, and whispers of
comfort filled the air at Fort Benning.
"I've been through uncles
and cousins and close relatives going and they've always came back. This isn't
any different for me," said Raquel Henandez-Snyder
Married for eight years and
father of two, Specialist Brian Hernandez-Snyder held his six-year-old son
George tight and stood close to his daughter 17-year-old Raquel moments before
he deployed for the first time.
"I'm not worried at all
because in my law enforcement background I have been shot at, nearly killed,
and been in high speed pursuits; so I'm not worried. That's why I know
I'm going to come home," Hernandez-Snyder said.
Complete the mission and come
home, that's what many of the soldiers in the 63rd Engineer Company of the 11th
Engineer Battalion said to News Leader 9.
The mission is to deconstruct
facilities that are no longer functional or required.
"We're very well trained,
very well disciplined; I have a lot of confidence in them and I have a lot of
confidence in this mission," Sfc. Timothy Kiernan said.
Between 100 and 200 soldiers
are expected to make the trip to Afghanistan.
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