Army Spec. Karyl M. Goodoien has returned to Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, after being deployed to Afghanistan for one year.
The soldier is one of 3,500 members of the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division stationed at Fort Richardson. Airborne combat team members included soldiers assigned to one of six battalions and regiments of the 25th Infantry Division.
While deployed in Afghanistan, she was decorated with the Combat Action Badge and promoted to specialist.
Goodoien, a healthcare specialist (combat medic) is normally assigned to the 725th Brigade Support Battalion.She is the daughter of Faun D. Weeks, Scribner, Neb. Her husband, Alan, is the son of Alan Stack of Omaha, Neb., and Cheryl Gray, Leesburg.
