The 212th Transportation Company will arrive home Friday from a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan, according to a news release.
The unit will be arriving at the Reserve Center behind the Hamilton County Schools central office on Hickory Valley Road at approximately 2:30 local time.
Members of the 212th operated in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, convoying supplies, the release stated. The company supported the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and supplied forward operating bases.
Overall, the 212th hauled three times the amount of equipment as their predecessors, totaling more than 10,000 pieces of equipment.