FARMINGTON — Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Zachary P. Carleton 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.

Operation New Dawn transitions and signifies a formal end to U.S. military combat operations in Iraq.

Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners.

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

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

He is the son of Patrick and Pam Carleton of George Thomas Road, Chesterville. His wife, Melanie, is the daughter of Merle P. and Carole Sweetser of Temple Road, West Farmington.

In 2001, Carleton graduated from Mount Blue High School, Farmington, Maine, and received a bachelor’s degree in 2006 from the University of Maine, Farmington.