HOMECOMING

• SANTA MARIA

  Santa Maria soldier gets big hometown welcome

  Posted 4:31 PM 1/10/2012 by Caroline Lowe

  A Santa Maria soldier got a huge hometown welcome Tuesday at the Santa Maria Airport.

  Dozens of family members and friends greeted U. S. Army Specialist James Ross who just returned from serving the past year in Kuwait.

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• CENTRAL COAST

  Central Coast soldier returns home in time for Christmas

  

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  Posted 10:40 PM 12/23/2011 by Shelby Rhodes

  A local soldier has returned home, just in time for Christmas.

  Specialist Warren Pittenger, 23, landed late Friday afternoon at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport. He returned from Iraq where he has been since May 30.

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• SAN LUIS OBISPO

  Soldier homecoming planned on Saturday in SLO

  

  Posted 8:01 PM 12/9/2011 by Shelby Rhodes

  The Central Coast has a chance this weekend to give a solider a proper homecoming in San Luis Obispo.

  Marine Corporal Bewick is returning on Saturday from a recent deployment in Afghanistan. Cpl. Bewick is the Marine seen farthest on the right in the featured photo.

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• CENTRAL COAST

  Wounded warrior welcomed home on the Central Coast

  

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  Posted 11:36 PM 11/1/2011 by Shelby Rhodes

  A wounded warrior was welcomed home Tuesday night in San Luis Obispo with a special reaction from friends, family and strangers.

  Brett Huntzinger, 24, has been serving overseas in northeast Afghanistan since last December. He is an Arroyo Grande native and graduate of Nipomo High School. (More) • Video (1)

  
  

• SAN LUIS OBISPO

  Local airman gets hero's homecoming

  

  Posted 11:47 PM 8/1/2011 by Jimena Martinez

  A local airman is greeted to a homecoming celebration after flying several missions in Iraq.

  Brian Calcagno arrived in San Luis Obispo Monday evening after driving from Los Alamitos, where he is stationed in Southern California. He was one of three hundred soldiers arriving Monday with the (More)

  
  

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