"unofficial" word is that they will be home sooner--window is Oct 21st to 24th.  Take it from a very excited Mom!

We're all very proud of the Soldiers who are going, have gone and are coming back and the ceremonies are exciting.  I've been to almost every deployment and welcome home ceremony at Fort Sill.
My concern is that we're not observing good OPSEC.
I know, I know, most of us aren't in the military and don't need to think about that, but when we're putting out troop movements two, three, five weeks ahead of time, doesn't that seem a little bit negligent on our part?  This isn't a secure site and bad guys have computers too....and time to sit and wait if they don't know exact dates.
The information we unwittingly put here may not get "our" Soldier hurt, but the bad guys know a planeload of Soldiers have to replace the ones who are leaving. And, here we are giving them advanced notice.
Sorry to be a little negative.
On a positive note; I was at the B Battery, 1st-77th FA homecoming Oct. 5 at Fort Sill and saw the results of Shooter handing out 30 American flags to families and friends to line one of the streets the buses carrying the returning Soldiers drove down.  One an absolutely spectacular sight!!
Kudos Shooter and keep it up, even when the rain and cold hit and the wind comes sweeping down the plains.