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NYNG troops back in states following Afghanistan deployment

San Antonio, Texas, native, Capt. David Taliaferro (left), Brooklyn, N.Y.-based, 133rd Quartermaster Company commander, attached to the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based, 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element, and his company first sergeant, 1st Sgt. John Kriz, who hails from Carmel, N.Y., uncase their company colors, assuming responsibility for operations of the Kandahar retrosort yard, during an April 24, 2014, transfer of authority ceremony with the Vallejo, Calif.-based 349th Quartermaster Company at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. As bases transition over the course of their deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, 133rd QM Co. troops will perform materiel reduction, ensuring reusable items are returned to the U.S. military inventory or given to Afghans through such programs as Foreign Excess Personal Property. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Cupp/Released)

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NYNG troops back in states following Afghanistan deployment

Richmond, Calif., native, 1st Lt. Norman Hayes (left), Vallejo, Calif.-based, 349th Quartermaster Company commander, attached to the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element, and his company first sergeant, Morro Bay, Calif.-native, 1st Sgt. Terran Jesse case their company colors during an April 24, 2014, transfer of authority ceremony with the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based 133rd Quartermaster Company at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Over the course of their nine-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, troops with the 349th worked various materiel reduction efforts, saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by returning reusable items to the military inventory, either in theater or elsewhere throughout the world. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Cupp/Released)

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NYNG troops back in states following Afghanistan deployment

Published Nov. 19, 2014
By New York National Guard

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Recently, 112 members of the New York Army National Guard's 133rd Quartermaster Company returned to the United States today for demobilization after their successful completion of the unit's deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to Afghanistan.

The Soldiers, based at Fort Hamilton, New York, mobilized in February 2014 and deployed as part of the U.S. Central Command material recovery element (CMRE), facilitating the base closures and equipment consolidation throughout Afghanistan.

The Quartermaster Supply Company mission normally operates general support supply facilities to receive, store and issue general supplies for military forces.

The unit last deployed in 2008 to Iraq. Soldiers mobilized in March 2008 and returned from Iraq in March 2009.

The unit will demobilize at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey before returning home to their families sometime next week.