
Spc. Shawn Walls of the Forward Support Company 223rd Engineer Battalion greets his four-month-old son Christopher after arriving home at his unit's armory in Aberdeen, Miss., on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. Eighty-eight members of the unit served for the past year in Afghanistan. (The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, C. Todd Sherman)

Julie Houston of the Forward Support Company 223rd Engineer Battalion greets daughters Maya Houston, 5, and Makayla Houston, 7, right, after arriving at her unit's armory in Aberdeen, Mississippi on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. Eighty-eight members of the unit served the past year in Afghanistan.(The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, C. Todd Sherman)

Payton Reynolds, 3, waits for his father, Spc. Steven Reynolds of Hattiesburg, Miss., to arrive with the Forward Support Company 223rd Engineer Battalion at the unit's armory in Aberdeen, Miss. on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. The unit served the past year in Afghanistan. (The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, C. Todd Sherman)
Photos here by Daily Journal's C. Todd Sherman. Read more about the return in Sunday's NEMS Daily Journal newspaper.





