Soldiers back home after deployment overseas

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A huge crowd of family and friends welcomed Kentucky National Guard soldiers back home after a nine-month deployment overseas.

More than one hundred National Guard soldiers from the 138th Field Artillery Brigade received a hero’s welcome on Saturday after landing at the Aviation Museum on Airport Road.

The National Guard reported that the soldiers deployed last August to Southwest Asia for joint exercises and cultural exchange programs.