Family, friends and fellow comrades are preparing to greet about 300 soldiers who will be returning to Ft. Campbell Thursday. The soldiers are coming back from a 9-month deployment in Afghanistan and are part of the 3^rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans” 101^st Airborne Division. Those returning were primarily in the country for training, advising and assisting in building up Afghanistan’s army and police force in order to strengthen the country’s security and defense.