Military escorts this morning and tomorrow for two bay area soldiers will return home today and tomorrow. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office tell us the bodies of Army SSGT Ricardo Seija and Army SPC Clarence Williams III, 23, of Brooksville, will be flown to MacDill Air Force Base on today and Thursday. Seija will arrive at 11 a.m. this morning and following a ceremony at the base, he will be escorted along the following route to a Tampa funeral home if you would like to pay your respects and be aware of traffic slowdowns in the area:

• Exit MacDill AFB at the Bayshore Blvd. Gate
• North on Bayshore Boulevard
• East on Platt Street
• North on Florida Avenue
• East on Jackson Street
• North on Jefferson Street to the I-275 connector
• Exit on Sligh Avenue
• Manhattan Avenue (past Leto High School)
• East on Broad Street
• North on Dale Mabry Highway
• Gonzalez Funeral Home, 7209 N. Dale Mabry.

Army SPC Clarence Williams III will arrive at 9 a.m. tomorrow and will also receive the escort from Following a ceremony, he will be escorted with personnel from the Country Sheriff's Office, Florida Highway Patrol and the Hernando County Sheriff's Office on this route:

• Exit MacDill AFB at the Bayshore Blvd. Gate
• North on Bayshore Boulevard
• East on Platt Street
• North on Florida Avenue
• East on Jackson Street
• North on Jefferson Street
• I-275 connector
• North to I-75

The escort will continue through Hernando County and end at the Carnegie Funeral Home in Chiefland for those who wish to pay their respects. Our thanks to Bay News Nine for information provided on the procession routes.