Gary Harmon:
"MONTROSE—Crystal Kissner was rock solid atop an electrical stanchion that gave her a solid three-foot advantage over the rest of the crowd awaiting the return Thursday afternoon of the 928th Area Support Medical Company of the Colorado National Guard.
“There he is,” Kissner murmured, peering through the viewfinder of her camera. “I got him.”
The face in her viewfinder was that of her husband, Staff Sgt. Marcus Kissner, who returned to western Colorado with more than 50 members of the unit known as the “Witch Doctors.”
The unit arrived home after a charter flight from Washington state to Montrose Regional Airport under a crisp, blue sky.
More than 200 people gathered at the airport entry to cheer and wave bunting for the unit that left a year ago for a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Soldiers were hustled into waiting vans and then to the unit’s armory for debriefing and, eventually, reunion with their families.
“I’m just so excited,” Crystal Kissner said, clutching a poster of the unit’s witch-doctor logo, plus posters drawn by students at Clifton and Mesa View elementary schools, where she works as a substitute teacher.
The Grand Junction couple has two children, Brittani, 14, and Trevor, 12.
For the past year, Crystal Kissner has been able to communicate with Marcus via Skype, email and some regular mail, but she kept herself in the dark about other things.
“I didn’t watch any news for the year he was gone,” she said...."
So hard to think it has been a year since SandBox said goodby to the 928th Area Support Medical Company of the Colorado National Guard known as the 'Witch Doctors'.
Thank you for your service, welcome home.
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Welcome home, guys. Thank you.
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