Ohio National Guard News

292nd Engineer Detachment (Asphalt) returns home

Photos by Capt. Matt Molinski, Ohio National Guard

Ohio National Guard Soldiers reunite with Family and friends during a welcome home ceremony on Aug. 13, 2011, in Newton Falls, Ohio. About 40 members of the 292nd unit completed a 10-month deployment to Kuwait where they worked on various construction projects to prepare facilities for the U.S. military drawdown from Iraq.

Sgt. Roy Mitchell (left), of the Ohio Army National Guard's 292nd Engineer Detachment, holds his son, Roy Mitchell IV, as Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, coaxes a smile from the weeks-old infant

Sgt. Roy Mitchell holds his son, Roy Mitchell IV, as Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, coaxes a smile.

 292 COMING HOME
292 COMING HOME

Spc. Marlena Ozmun reunites with her nephew, Chase Neal.

 Staff Sgt. Kristopher Slater prepares to hug his cousin, Ramses Perez.