Staff Sgt. Charlie Holmes of Astoria embraces his children, Courtney, 10, and Darian, 9, Wednesday at Camp Rilea after a 10 month deployment in Iraq. Hundreds of Oregonians lined Highway 30 from Longview to Astoria Wednesday to welcome home the 234th Engineer Company who deployed from Camp Rilea July 10, 2007. Jamie Francis/The Oregonian