More than 150 Illinois Army National Guard soldiers returned home after a successful deployment to the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility, where they supported Operation Enduring Freedom.

Signs line the roads at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport welcoming home members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 as they return home from deployment on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Wives and family members on the other side of the deployment say they are proud of the work the Seabees do. However, they were ready to have them home. “It’s hard, it’s not easy,” Greene says.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah families are welcoming home soldiers with the Utah National Guard this weekend as 150 Utah soldiers returned home Saturday from a nearly yearlong military mission to Africa.

This is the Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery’s 13th deployment since 2004, making it the most-deployed unit in the North Dakota National Guard. Welcome home and thank ...

All 250 deployed women and men from the National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 635th Armor Regiment, and 170th Maintenance Company returned safely Friday afternoon.

This is the Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery’s 13th deployment since 2004, making it the most-deployed unit in the North Dakota National Guard. Welcome home and thank ...