Todd A. Mercer's Blog – September 2014 Archive (1)

The end is nearly here.

After many years of on-again, off-again plans to shutter Warner Barracks, the final closure ceremony is this coming Friday, 12 September 2014. Last year, all the troops moved out. The last units there were with the 173rd Airborne Bde. These were the soldiers "north of the Alps" for that Vicenza, Italy-based brigade.

I went to Warner Barracks back in June to run my retirement flag up the community flag pole. The Community NCOIC was very helpful, and gave…