KUWAIT – U.S. Senator John Barrasso and Representative Cynthia Lummis, both (R-Wyo.), shared Thanksgiving dinner with Wyoming National Guard troops serving in Kuwait.

Barrasso led the congressional delegation. Barrasso and Lummis visited hundreds of Wyoming soldiers at each of the three bases – Arifjan, Camp Virginia and Ali Al Salem.  

During their visit, Barrasso and Lummis met with soldiers from 21 Wyoming towns. They held town halls with the service members at the bases, visited several areas of operations and met with senior U.S. military officers.

“I’m honored to be able to share Thanksgiving with our Wyoming troops. Living in Wyoming, we have a great deal to be thankful for. So much of our gratitude goes to these brave Wyoming men and women serving our country overseas,” Barrasso said. “They are doing an outstanding job. Let us always keep in mind the sacrifice our men and women in uniform are making and remember the hardships endured by their families. The brave Wyoming men and women in our nation’s military make us incredibly proud."

“As the nation celebrates a day of thanks, I think it is particularly important that we tell our military men and women how proud we are of the job they do and how much they are missed back home,” Lummis said. “Before I left for Kuwait, families, friends and supporters from all over the state asked me to carry messages of appreciation and thanks to Wyoming’s fighting men and women. We are all proud of the men and women of the 115th Fires Brigade and the work they are doing on our behalf.”