DENVER - Spc. Donovan Mullen returned to a group of happy family and friends after a nine month deployment to Afghanistan.
Donovan is a 2010 graduate of Denver East High School, and went to Afghanistan last June with the 484th Military Police company of the Montana National Guard. Before his deployment, Donovan was a student at Montana State and intends to return to school there later this year.
Donovan's parents Stacy & Blaine were on hand to greet him Saturday, along with a group of friends and fellow Boy Scouts.
Donovan is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow, Scouting's National Honor Society.
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