Saturday, February 14, 2004 A long road back to Giebelstadt By Steve Liewer, Stars and StripesEuropean edition, Friday, February 13, 2004 Rick Emert / S&S Spc. Pamela Smith, one of about 150 soldiers from 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment to return from a one-year deployment to Iraq on Wednesday. CAMP UDAIRI, Kuwait — The soldiers joked and shouted as they hustled aboard the buses in a dusty field as the sun set Tuesday in Kuwait.In less than a day, they’d finally be home. “We’re almost there,” warned their commander, Lt. Col. Eldon “Pete” Franks. “Keep your eye on the ball.”...