The first of four groups of 34th Special Troops Battalion Soldiers have returned to Inver Grove Heights, Minn. at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24. More than 1,000 Citizen Soldiers from the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division have begun returning to Minnesota.
The first of four groups of 34th Infantry Division Soldiers have returned to Rosemount, Minn. at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24. After a very brief formation they were released to their waiting families. More than 1,000 Citizen Soldiers from the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division will return to Minnesota in the coming weeks. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Ewer, Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs
Members of the Brainerd Chapter of the Minnesota Patriot Guard wait outside the Camp Ripley Training and Community Center January 24, 2010.
34th Infantry Division Soldiers pass by the Brainerd Chapter of the Minnesota Patriot Guard as they return home from deployment.
34th Infantry Division Soldiers are greeted by their families outside the Camp Ripley Training and Community Center Jan 24, 2010, after their year-long deployment to Iraq.
Soldiers from the 34th Military Police Company are reunited with their families at the Stillwater Armory on January 24, 2010, after a being deployed to Iraq for nearly a year. The 34th MP's are based out of Stillwater, Minn. and were stationed in Basra, Iraq with the 34th Infantry Division.
Soldiers from the 34th Military Police Company are reunited with their families at the Stillwater Armory, after a being deployed to Iraq for nearly a year. The 34th MP's are based out of Stillwater, Minn. and were stationed in Basra, Iraq with the 34th Infantry Division.
A Soldier fromt the 34th Military Police Company holds his 4-week old baby for the first time. Soldiers from the 34th MP Company were reunited with their families at the Stillwater Armory on January 24, 2010, after a being deployed to Iraq for nearly a year. The 34th MP's are based out of Stillwater, Minn. and were stationed in Basra, Iraq with the 34th Infantry Division.