PR Troops return home

Fort Buchanan, PR- Approximately 60 soldiers assigned to the 393rd Combat

Sustaintment Support Battalion (CSSB), US Army Reserve-Puerto Rico, arrived

to Puerto Rico from Afghanistan, 12 April, after being mobilized close to a

year.

"We are deeply proud of each one of you. I realize that your mission was not

easy. It was a high visibility mission and a critical one, and you executed

it flawlessly", said Brig. Gen. Fernando Fernandez, Senior Army Reserve

officer in the Caribbean.

The troops conducted logistic operations and coordination of supplies and

sustaintment at Camp Leatherneck, the largest Marine base in Afghanistan.

They also provided critical support to the Southwest and West regional

commands.

The soldiers supervised over 260 tactical convoys, traveling approximately 1

million miles over some of the most dangerous zones in a Afghanistan.

As part of their mission, the members of the largest US Army command in the

Caribbean transported over 38,000 tons of sustainment, 760,000 gallons of

fuel and retrograding more than 4,800 pieces of equipment during their

tenure.

"The numbers speak volumes for the soldiers of 'Logistical Task Force

Taino,'" said Lt. Col. Louis Feliciano, commander of the 393rd CSSB.

Sgt. Ramon Russe, a Morovis, PR native, was one of the soldiers who returned

home.

"I am extremely happy to be back in Puerto Rico. I am ready to see my family

and my children", said the Chemical Operations Specialist, who has four

children.

A group of energized family members gathered at the Luis Muñoz Marin Airport

in Carolina, PR to receive the troops.

The 393rd CSSB is the second US Army Reserve-Puerto Rico unit that has

returned from Afghanistan in 2013.

The Army Reserve-Puerto Rico has mobilized over 5,000 soldiers since the

year 2001.

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