Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING Members of the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company disembark from an Air Tran jet Saturday to be greeted by Gov. Bobby Jindal and others upon arrival at the Louisiana Aircraft facility at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. The Baker-based unit completed a 365-day deployment in Afghanistan.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. Capt. Darby Boudreaux, left, company commander of Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company, shakes hands with his soldiers, including Spc. John Moore, right, as they get off an Air Tran jet Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the Louisiana Aircraft facility at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. Spc. Eric Shaffer, left, gives his Welcome Home balloons to his son Malcolm Jamal Shaffer, 1, held by Eric's mother April Guidroz, Saturday, April 14, 2012, at the homecoming of members of the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company at the Louisiana Aircraft facility at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. At center is Eric's sister, Kierra Shaffer, 19.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. Statff Sgt. Kyle Gourgues, right, of Baton Rouge, was greeted with this sign by his girlfriend Aliesa Warwick. Warwick didn't know that Gourgues had decided about midway through his deployment that he would propose to her when he returned home with members of the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company, Saturday, April 14, 2012. They are now engaged.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. Tamara Teta of Pineville screams and holds her sign high, as the airplane taxis up, Saturday, April 14, 2012, carrying returning members of the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company. She was there to greet her son, Sgt. Joshua Brister and she was joined by from left, his aunt, Robin Graham, his sister Erica Ducote (behind Graham), sister Amber Koestler, holding her daughter Maddie Koestler, 6 months, and his sister Kate Ryder, 17 at far right..

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. Sgt. Joshua Brister is pictured on a welcome-home button on the shirt of his mother, Tamara Teta of Pineville, at the return Saturday, April 14, 2012, of members of the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company at the Louisiana Aircraft facility at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge, La.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. Pvt. Jamarcus Blakes carries the company guidon for the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company, as he gets off an Air Tran jet at the Louisiana Aircraft facility at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. The Baker-based unit, with approximately 100 soldiers, conducted route clearance and combat-engineer operations to maintain safe travel for United States Forces Afghanistan and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan during the 365-day deployment

Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling Staff Sgt. Clay Gautreau shows his emotions Saturday as he hugs his daughter, Sydney Gautreau, 12, left, and his wife, Angie Gautreau, after they, along with another daughter, Lindsey Gautreau, 16, right, rushed out to meet him. The unit's approximately 100 members were returning from a year-long tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. Spc. Nathaniel Jordan, center, hugs his daughter London Jordan, 3, and his wife Nikita Jordan, at the return Saturday, April 14, 2012, of members of the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge, La.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. Jodi Benton, left, hugs her brother and Patriot Guard member Charles Cox, in thanks for his support and that of approximately 30 other flag-holding members of the riding group present for the homecoming of members of the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Saturday, April 14, 2012. She wore the 'Uncle Sam' hat so that her son, Spc. Matthew Benton, could pick her out of the crowd easily as he got off the plane

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. The scene at the return Saturday, April 14, 2012, of members of the Louisiana National Guard's 926th Engineer Company at the Louisiana Aircraft facility at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport.