COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Soldiers from the 1st Space Brigade, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, marched in Saturday morning's Red White and Brave Welcome Home Parade in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo.
The brigade was one of 68 units ranging from local high school bands to historic military vehicles from Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado to members of the military recently returning from active duty in Iraq. These units were seen along Tejon Street beginning from St. Vrain Street all the way south to Vermijo Avenue.
A crowd estimated at 40,000 came out and saluted America's warriors. More than 150 Soldiers from the brigade's three battalions - 1st Space Battalion, 53rd Signal Battalion, and 117th Space Battalion (Colorado Army National Guard) - proudly marched along with troops from Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever Air Force Base, and the Air Force Academy.
As members of the brigade marched past the reviewing stand on Pike's Peak Avenue and Tejon, an announcer for the parade told the crowd, "The Army's only Space brigade has over 1,000 active, Army Reserve, and Colorado Guardsmen station at nine locations in the U.S., Europe, Korea, and Japan."
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