Family members wait for over 200 soldiers with the 1-214th Field Artillery Battalion from nearly a year in Afghanistan during welcoming home ceremony at Elbert County gym in Elberton on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Georgia Army National Guard's own 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is welcoming home on Saturday over 200 Guardsmen with the 1-214th Field Artillery Battalion from nearly a year in Afghanistan where they conducted base defense operations in Western Afghanistan.