Army Spec. Ronald J. Pelletier Jr. has returned to the 864th Combat Engineer Battalion, Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, after being deployed to an overseas forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Pelletier is a carpentry and masonry specialist with four years of military service. He is the son of Ronald J. and Maryellen Pelletier of St. David. He is a 2004 graduate of Madawaska High School.