... 'got a ticket to ride'

By Mr. Robert Timmons (IMCOM)December 22, 2016

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1 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment stands at parade rest while waiting with other members of his company at the Joe E. Mann Center on post Nov. 29 to purchase tickets to take them home on Victory Block Leave. (U.S. Army photo by Mr. ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Soldier in Training with 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment takes time to write a letter home Nov. 29 while waiting for Soldiers in his company to purchase tickets to take them home for Victory Block Leave. Victory Block Leave, or exodus, is a t... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers in Training with 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment sign sheets to show they purchased tickets to take them home on Victory Block Leave Nov. 29 at the Joe E. Mann Center. Victory Block Leave, or exodus, is a two-week span over the holiday... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Pvt. Oscar Troost, a Soldier in Training with 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, waits impatiently for his time to purchase tickets to take him home for Victory Block Leave Nov. 29 at the Joe E. Mann Center. Victory Block Leave, otherwise known a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

In little over two weeks Soldiers in Training from across Fort Jackson will leave the installation en masse to head home for the holidays in a tradition called, exodus or Victory Block Leave. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment were at the Joe E. Mann Center on post purchasing the bus, plane and train tickets to take them home.

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