Soldiers making return to state through Tuesday

Starting today, hundreds of soldiers with the Arkansas Army National Guard's 39th Brigade are scheduled to depart Fort Sill, Okla., every day through Tuesday to return to Arkansas.

Conway soldiers are expected on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Soldiers are planned to be released each day around 9 a.m. Most soldiers will depart in personal vehicles and return directly to their homes to begin taking advantage of a three-day pass (paid time off) before reporting to their home station armories for four final days of demobilization processing.

About 50 soldiers are expected to return today to their hometowns in Bradford, Little Rock, Searcy and Sheridan.

About 200 soldiers are expected to return Saturday to their hometowns in Batesville, Beebe, Cabot, Camden, Forrest City, Hamburg, Jacksonville, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Magnolia, Mena, Newport, North Little Rock, Paragould, Searcy, Sherwood, Texarkana, Tuckerman and Waldo.

Sunday, about 200 soldiers are expected to return to their hometowns in Bald Knob, Beebe, Bradford, Cabot, Conway, Helena, Hot Springs, Jacksonville, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Marianna, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Searcy, Warren, West Helena and Wynne.

About 150 soldiers are expected to return Monday to their hometowns in Booneville, Clarksville, Conway, Fort Smith, Harrison, Jonesboro, Lamar, Little Rock, Mansfield, Russellville, Scranton, Van Buren and Waldron.

About 150 soldiers are expected to return to their hometowns on Tuesday in Beebe, Conway, Heber Springs, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Lonoke, McGehee, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Searcy, Stuttgart and Warren.