Space Soldiers - Red, White and Brave

By DJ MontoyaSeptember 2, 2009

Space Soldiers - Red, White and Brave
1 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Pfc. Dayna M. Croft, from U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command's Legal Office, takes her place in formation preparing to carry the brigade's Headquarters and Headquarters Company guidon during Saturday's Red, Whit... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Space Soldiers - Red, White and Brave
2 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Left to right) Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Czuba, 53rd Signal Battalion, along with Sgt. Maj. Marcus Campbell, from the 1st Space Brigade's S-3, discuss the route of the Red, White and Brave Parade and where the brigade will fall in with 1st Space Bri... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Space Soldiers - Red, White and Brave
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5 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Jeffrey Farnsworth, commander of the 1st Space Brigade, leads his troops through the intersection of Tejon Street and Colorado Avenue during the Red, White and Brave Parade in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo. Parade goers could be heard shouting... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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."