Durham Airman Returns from Afghanistan

More than two dozen National Guard Soliders returned to Connecticut Monday night, including Michael Breen of Durham.

Breen, who is the son of local resident Ann Breen, spent six months in Afghanistan.

A WWLP news crew was in Granby for the homecoming and interviewed Breen, who is incorrectly identified as Michael Green.

On Monday evening members of the Durham Volunteer Fire Department raised a banner welcoming Breen home.

Members of the 103rd Security Forces Squadron departed Connecticut in July 2011 and were assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  

The unit performed duties ranging from Improved Explosive Device (IED) screening of vehicles entering the installation to command and control for the Joint Defense Operations Center. Additionally, members provided internal perimeter and counter insurgency operations while providing 24/7 response capabilities to mitigate direct and indirect attacks directed toward peacekeeping forces on the installation.  

This was the third deployment for 103rd Security Forces Squadron.