Homecomings
A little girl waits on the arrival of the troops from Operation Iraqi Freedom during a welcome home celebration at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Deanna Lenhart Six-year-old Damon Patterson holds up a "Welcome Home" sign for his father, Aviation Ordnancemen 1st Class Michel Patterson. Patterson saw the sign once he arrived by bus to Naval Air Facility Atsugi. He has been on a four month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Third Class John E. Woods Operations Specialist Seaman Robert Long meets his mother, Vicki, on the pier after the USS San Jacinto pulled into it's homeport, Norfolk Naval Station after a 6 month deployment with the Truman Battle Group to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Marthaellen L. Ball Lt. Col. Todd Nading, 37th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth, Air Force Base, S.D., is greeted by his family on his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joanna E. Hensley Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Brandon Fullbright departs USS Nassau with his wife for the traditional 'First Kiss' during the ship's return home to Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The amphibious assault ship completes an extended deployment which lasted nine months in the Arabian Gulf where the ship and crew supported Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class R. David Valdez Senior Airman Juan Carlos Ochoa and other Air Force members of 6th Operations Support Squadron, hold up welcome home signs provided by a local news station for Air Force members returning from the Iraqi theater of operations to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. U.S. Air Force photo by Douglas K. Lingefelt
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