Family and friends of more than 60 Soldiers, with the 204th Area Support Medical Company, wait to be reunited after the Soldiers return from a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 1, 2010 at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs)
More than 60 Soldiers, with the 204th Area Support Medical Company, returned from a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 1, 2010 at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs)
Two-week old Mariah Taylor takes a nap while waiting to meet her aunt for the first time. Her aunt is Spc. Ashley Taylor and is part of the more than 60 Soldiers, with the 204th Area Support Medical Company, returned from a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 1, 2010 at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs)
The Patriot Guard showed their support as more than 60 Soldiers, with the 204th Area Support Medical Company, returned from a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 1, 2010 at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs)
The Color Guard escorts the bus containing more than 60 Soldiers, with the 204th Area Support Medical Company, as they return from a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 1, 2010 at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs)
Spc. Greta Baumer smiles as she exits the bus with more than 60 other Soldiers, with the 204th Area Support Medical Company, returning from a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 1, 2010 at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs)
1st Sergeant Andrew Pederson is reunited with his family after a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 1, 2010. More than 60 Soldiers, with the 204th Area Support Medical Company, returned to the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs)
Spc. Nathaniel Wassink is reunited with his family after a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 1, 2010. More than 60 Soldiers, with the 204th Area Support Medical Company, returned to the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs)
Spc. Daniel Lennartson proposes to his girlfriend while being reunited after a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 1, 2010. More than 60 Soldiers, with the 204th Area Support Medical Company, returned to the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs)
