Nearly three dozen members of the Minnesota National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing are being deployed for six months. They'll focus on building infrastructure and communication lines.

Twelve Minnesota National Guard soldiers arrived home Saturday after a one-year deployment in Afghanistan. With Father's Day Sunday, Army Maj. John P. Wisniewski says the reunion with their families in Roseville will be extra special since nine of the 12 soldiers are dads.

ABC 6 News reports members of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division are set to return over the next three weeks. The Minnesota Red Bulls have spent the last year serving in Afghanistan and Kuwait.

The troops, part of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, returned Friday after serving in Kuwait and Afghanistan. They're among 3,000 service members, the largest deployment since World War II, to make their way home this month.

A crowd of 200 people turned up in St. Cloud Friday to show their support for 53 soldiers heading off to Afghanistan. The C Company 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion of the Minnesota National Guard will be deployed for a year to provide medical evacuation support for UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann spent the weekend with Minnesota soldiers in Afghanistan, learning more about the draw-down of troops planned there. Bachmann, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, met the the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. She plans to provide more details Monday.