Approximately 160 Soldiers from the 379th Engineer Company, Massachusetts Army National Guard, are welcomed by, from the right, Col. Chuck Cody, Army Chief of Staff, Massachusetts National Guard, Col. Christopher Faux, air chief of staff, Massachusetts National Guard, Col. Mike Vogel, commander, 66th Air Base Group and other members of the Massachusetts National Guard and Hanscom Air Force Base command groups at a plane-side ceremony here, Dec. 5, 2014. The Soldiers of the 379th Engineer Company, located in Bourne, Mass., deployed to Afghanistan for approximately nine months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Sgt. Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs/Released)