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"One of the things this country is most grateful for is our soldiers. You are truely our heros," said Governor Tim Pawlenty to the soldiers of Bravo Company Saturday at the Inver Hills Community College. Bravo Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 194th Armor Regiment recently returned from a 13 month long deployment to Iraq where they completed a variety of missions including: serving as a security force company providing training and conducting joint operations with Iraqi police, providing security for key Iraqi government leaders, and performing detention operations at Camp Bucca.