Sgt. Taylor Jewett (left), an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Sgt. Taylor Jewett (left), an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operator with A Company, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and Plymouth, Conn. native, and Master Sgt. Happy Curtis (right), a Signal Support Systems specialist and brigade non-commissioned officer in charge, Headquarters, Headquarters Team, 3rd Bde., 1st Cav. Div. and San Antonio native, prepare to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III here Jan. 3 to redeploy to Fort Hood, Texas. Jewett and Curtis were the last two 1st Cav. Div. Operation New Dawn soldiers from U.S. Forces – Iraq remaining in Third Army’s area of responsibility. Their departure marks a historic moment as the final USF-I soldiers head home.