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779th Engineer Co. returns to Parkersburg

Staff Sgt. Dorothy Workman's welcoming party Thursday at the Pfc. Roy M. Reynolds United States Armed Forces Reserve Center included three family members she was meeting for the first time.

Among those on hand to greet Workman and her fellow members of the U.S. Army Reserve 779th Engineer Company as they returned to Parkersburg following an 11-month deployment to Afghanistan were a young great-niece, Workman's 3-month-old granddaughter Charlotte and 6-day-old grandson Nash Raines.

Workman laughed that she didn't have "enough arms anymore" as she held Nash and reached out to embrace other family members Thursday afternoon.

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