1-12 Cav returns from Korea deployment

By Chuck Burden, 1st CAVOctober 14, 2014

1-12 Cav returns from Korea deployment
1 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Trooper from the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, reunites with his children on Cooper Field at Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 13. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and families welcomed h... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
1-12 Cav returns from Korea deployment
2 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A wife waits on Cooper Field at Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 13 for her spouse's return from his deployment to South Korea. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and families welcomed home approximately 300 Troopers of 1st Battalion, 12th Caval... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
1-12 Cav returns from Korea deployment
3 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A couple reunites on Cooper Field Oct. 13 at Fort Hood, Texas, after his return from South Korea. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and families welcomed home approximately 300 Troopers of 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment in the f... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
1-12 Cav returns from Korea deployment
4 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A child dances on Cooper Field at Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 13 as he awaits the return of his parent from a deployment to South Korea. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and families welcomed home approximately 300 Troopers of 1st Battali... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
1-12 Cav returns from Korea deployment
5 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and families welcomed home approximately 300 Troopers of 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment Oct. 13 at Fort Hood, Texas. This officially marks the conclusion of their nine-month deployment to Camps ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and families welcomed home approximately 300 Troopers of 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment Oct. 13 at Cooper Field here in the first major redeployment from their tour.

This officially marks the conclusion of their nine-month deployment to Camps Hovey and Stanley, Republic of Korea.

This was the brigade's first rotational deployment of a battalion to the Korean peninsula. While there, the nearly 800 brigade Soldiers trained alongside the Republic of Korea army as a combined arms battalion.

The 1-12 Cav. was replaced by the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, also with the 3rd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., in October this year.

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