(AP) – Hundreds of Army and National Guard soldiers are returning to Kansas this weekend after yearlong deployments to the war in Iraq.

A welcoming ceremony was set for 8 a.m. Saturday at Fort Riley’s Custer Hill for approximately 200 soldiers of the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. The unit deployed to Baghdad with more than 3,000 soldiers in November 2010. Their duties included closing several joint security stations, and transferring bases and property to the U.S. State Department or the Iraqi security forces.

On Sunday, about 240 Kansas National Guard Soldiers of the 778th Transportation Company will be welcomed home from a year in Kuwait and Iraq. That ceremony begins at 9 a.m. at the Bicentennial Center in Salina.