Homecoming Events

Welcome Home Americans!

This page is dedicated to welcoming home our returning heroes! As our adopted troops return to the states let’s show our gratitude for their selfless service to our country. Check below for homecoming news and events celebrating our young men and women.

homecoming for city of kentucky's adopted units

The 2009 Week of the Eagles

A gathering of present and former soldiers of the famed 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) takes place 13-20 August, 2009, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.

One of the events is a formal dinner, called the Gertsch Dining-Out, where members of the Division and civilian supporters are able to intermingle for a night of mutual appreciation. This 1000 person dinner is paid for strictly by ticket sales that participants must pay out of pocket. Ticket cost are typically about $30 per ticket. This cost can be difficult on any soldier, but especially junior soldiers who would like to attend.

If your city would like to sponsor soldier attendance, please send a check or money order to the Gertsch Dining-Out point of contact and ASA board member, Mr. Brent Holman, who will ensure your adopted unit is represented at this gala event.

Make checks payable to:
2009 Gertsch Dining-Out. In the memo section, write the unit you are supporting. If funds raised for a specific unit exceed that units ticket allocation, excess funds will be placed in a general fund to support other soldiers to attend the dinner.

Mail To:
2009 Gertsch Dining-Out
c/o Brent Holman
Building 6741 Airborne St.
Ft. Campbell, KY 42223

TOP GUNS (1-320th Field Artillery) Memorial Bench dedication by the following Kentucky adopted Cities:

Villa Hills, Crescent Springs, Taylor Mill and, Lakeside Park

This bench is in memory of the fallen soldiers of 1-320th at the Kenton County Veterans Memorial in Crescent Springs, KY on 2-21-09

Photos courtesy of Jason Brubaker
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Welcome Home Bravo Company, 2-504th Paratroop Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

Fort Mitchell, KY – Support Our Troops weekend was Oct. 23-25th. We had 22 members of our returning adopted unit, Bravo Co. 2-504 including 6 wives came to visit us. Also attending was the Mother and two siblings of SSG Kyle Dayton, an officer that was killed in the line of duty in Iraq this past year.

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Cold Spring KY Welcomes Home Adopted Troops!

Brisk and blustery winds didn’t deter Cold Spring from welcoming home two soldiers from the city’s adopted U.S. Army unit that has returned from Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 9 Full Article..

San Mateo collects gifts for adopted military unit's return

By Kyveli Diener
San Mateo County Times

SAN MATEO — For any soldier deployed overseas, words or gifts from home bring much needed joy.
But nothing is sweeter for these soldiers than returning to American soil, and the city of San Mateo is arranging a special welcome for the men of the city’s adopted unit, Alpha Company, a portion of the Army’s famous 101st Airborne Division. Full Article…

Other ASA Adopted Units With Homecoming Dates!

Other ASA Adopted Units With Homecoming Dates!
ASA CELEBRATED WITH FIRST CITY OF SAN MATEO ADOPTION 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONTINUED TO THIS YEAR 2021 HOMECOMING INCLUDED 9 ADDITIONAL CITIES AND HONORED ORIGINAL ADOPTED SONS SERVING IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND TODAY'S SAME UNIT A (ABU) 1-327TH INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE BASTOGNE BRIGADE. ON MARCH 22-25 2018

A Co. Eng. 504th BSTB, 82nd Airborne Division – Holmdel, NJ
Golf Battery, 1-320 FAR, 2nd BDE, l0lst Airborne Division – Crescent Springs
HHB, 1-320th FAR, 2nd BDE, 101st Airborne Division – Lakeside Park

Charlie Company, 1st Brigade, STB, 82nd Airborne Division – Middletown, NJ
B Battery, 1-320th FAR, 2nd BDE, 101st Airborne Division – Taylor Mill
A BTRY, 1-320th FAR, 2nde BDE, 101st Airborne Division – Villa Hills