AUBURN — Army Reserve Spec. Tashina D. Knight is returning to the U.S. after a deployment to Iraq serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn, or Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations.

The soldiers return to Joint Base Dix-McGuire-Lakehurst, N.J., for debriefing, evaluations and out-processing procedures before returning to their regularly assigned Army Reserve or National Guard units.

Knight served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

The specialist, a military police member with four years of military service, is regularly assigned to the 94th Military Police Company, based out of Saco.

She is the daughter of Jeanne M. Knight of Skillings Corner Road. In 2007, Knight graduated from Edward Little High School.