Two Coach buses full of National Guard soldiers returning home Wednesday were welcomed home as they were escorted to their home base in Litchfield. Nearly 100 soldiers of the 849th Mobility Augmentation Company came through Cokato around 11:45 a.m. and escorted through town by the Cokato Fire Department. Meeker County Sheriff’s deputies met the buses near the high school were they were then escorted to Litchfield. Signs of the returning soldiers lined the roads from Howard Lake to Litchfield. Pictured are the employees of Paisley Consulting waiting for the soldiers to come through Cokato.