Staff Sgt. Gordon Cairns of B Troop 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry Regiment holds his 18-month-old son Aiden Cairns after stepping off the bus at the Urbancrest Baptist Church, Lebanon, Ohio on March 22, 2010. Cairns, along with about 130 additional Soldiers from C Troop, just returned from a yearlong deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he performed provided route security for hundreds pf support missions and delivered thousands of tons of materials to locations throughout Iraq. (Ohio National Guard photo by Sgt. Sean Mathis) Daddy Returns Home by Ohio National Guard

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