They’ve traded Baghdad for Bayside.
A cheery and teary group of reserve soldiers finally made it back to New York yesterday, ending their service in Iraq safe and sound.
“I’ve been away for almost a year, and I’m so excited to be back with my family for Christmas and New Year’s,” said Sgt. Waseefa Baksh, 22, of Queens.
“We were in Bahgdad for 11 months,” said Baksh, as she and other members of the 316th Sustainment Command were discharged at Fort Totten in Bayside, Queens.
“It got rough out there. It was just so hot, but this unit stuck together. We’re like one big family.”