Master Sgt. Scott Wald is welcomed home inside the Rosemount armory Feb. 9.
Maj. Chris Larson, a logistics officer with the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, is welcomed home by his family at the Rosemount armory Feb. 9 after a year-long deployment in Iraq.
Soldiers from the 34th Infantry Division arrive from Ft. Lewis at the 133rd Airlift Wing on Feb. 9, 2010 after spending nearly a year deployed to Basrah, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Maj. Gen. Richard Nash greets a Soldier as he steps onto Minnesota soil for the first time in nearly a year. Soldiers from the 34th Infantry Division arrive from Ft. Lewis at the 133rd Airlift Wing on Feb. 9, 2010 after being deployed to Basrah, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Waiting to welcome home Staff Sgt. Robert Schmidt of the 34th Red Bull band in Rosemount Feb. 9.
Family and friends wait at the Rosemount armory for the Red Bulls to come home.
Staff Sgt. Kathy Fults, an administration assistant with the Red Bulls in Basra, meets family and friends at the Rosemount armory Feb. 9.
Family members and friends of the Soldiers of the 34th Infantry Division Red Bulls clap and cheer as they exit the van Feb. 9, 2010, at the Training and Community Center in Camp Ripley, Minn.
Lt. Col. Jerry Steinke and other Red Bulls are greeted by the Brainerd Chapter of the Minnesota Patriot Guard Feb. 9, 2010, outside the Training and Community Center in Camp Ripley as they return from a year-long deployment to Iraq.
Lt. Col. Steve Hansen hugs family members Feb. 9, 2010, after returning home from a year-long deployment to Iraq outside the Training and Community Center in Camp Ripley, Minnesota.
A member of the Minnesota Patriot Guard waits outside the Stillwater Armory prior to the arrival of the final wave of 34th Military Police Company returning from Iraq on February 9, 2010.
Family, friends and local residents signed a banner with messages of thanks and support for returning 34th Military Police Company Soldiers at the Stillwater Armory on February 9, 2010.
A 34th Military Police Company Soldier is greeted by his wife upon his arrival at the Stillwater Armory on February 9, 2010.