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Fort Eustis unit returns from Afghanistan tour

Posted to: Military

7th Sustainment Brigade, Special Troops Battalion

Unit size About 200 soldiers

Leader Col. Lawrence Kominiak

Location of deployment Kandahar, Afghanistan

Deployed February 2011

Returned Saturday

Highlights The battalion, based at Fort Eustis on the Peninsula, was responsible for supplying three regional commands. During its 12-month deployment, soldiers distributed 975 million gallons of water and about 470 million gallons of fuel, among other duties.

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