Minnesota National Guard Soldiers Work To Readjust To Civilian Life After Deployment

By Allen Henry, CBS Minnesota

April 2, 2023

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Two months after returning home from deployment, 80 soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard are still working to adjust to their return to civilian life.

From the Middle East to Minnesota, these soldiers say there are some difficulties when trading in the sand for the snow.

"After nine months, going back to the Middle East, you come back, it's hard to sleep at night. Physically. I talked to my son about it about it this morning. I'm like, 'I'm not sleeping good,'" Lt. Kodjo Djondo said.

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