JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The families and friends of approximately 200 Soldiers from 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, are scheduled to return home on Thursday after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The homecoming ceremony will take place at Soldiers Field House Sports & Fitness Center, Bldg. 3236, 2nd Division Drive & Handrich Avenue, JBLM Lewis Main.

Combined Task Force 4-2 conducts security force assistance by following and supporting Afghan National Security Forces as they conduct wide area security operations, and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as it strengthens good governance efforts, in order to neutralize threats to stability, retain and expand security gains in key terrain, and facilitate transition to follow on forces.