11/17/10 :: NEWS :: MCDERMOTT :: Staff Sgt. Steven Alvarez, of New Britain, is greeted by his son Gabriel, 4, as members of the Connecticut Army National Guard’s 1st company, 102nd Infantry and F company, 186th Brigade Support Battalion return Wednesday, November 17, 2010 to the guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks. The units spent the last year in Afghanistan. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)