 70 soldiers of Indiana National Guard's 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team have returned from their deployment to Afghanistan. For Specialist Stephen Mann, this was a special homecoming because he got to meet his 4 month old daughter Ariana for the first time. You know, to have a daughter and have a great wife who supported me while I was gone and didn't have any issues, made the deployment a lot easier for me, and then to come home and see her, it's just an unbelievable feeling. Specialist Mann worked in the tactical operations center where the 76th helped coordinate over 5,000 coalition security forces in southern Afghanistan. So we got to work with a lot of Australians, and working with those guys is amazing. The way they run their military is pretty solid. Working with them, learning their tactics and learning their techniques. Working with them in the talk, learning how they respond to things and how we respond to things. Their chain of command, our chain of command. Awesome experience. Combined team, Oregon, also included Singapore and Slovakian troops assisting Afghan security forces. They did outstanding. It was very challenging going into that environment with a true coalition like that. A lot of times people talk coalition, but they're not really mixed like we were mixed. You know, the Afghans were great. They were the ones that were in the lead. We were just there to assist and support and help. And I don't think the Afghans get enough credit for what they're doing to their country, but they're doing a great job. The soldiers head to Camp Atterbury to complete their demobilization. And for Specialist Mann, he'll soon get to spend a lot more time with Ariane. Reporting from Stoutfield for the Indiana National Guard, I'm Army Staff Sergeant Lorne Neff.