Matching Moustaches
May 9th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
BANGOR, Wash. (May 6, 2012) Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Matthew Stonehocker, assigned to the Blue Crew of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743), reunites with his wife and son at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor after Louisiana’s return from a strategic deterrent patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early)
Family Hug
March 29th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
The sweet embrace of loved-ones awaited the more than 170 members of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team that returned to Oklahoma, March 29, 2012, after spending more than eight months in Afghanistan. (Maj. Geoff Legler/Army)
Dad’s Home
March 14th, 2012 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Army Sgt. Shane Ely embraces his daughter, Shelby, at Rose Drive Elementary after being stationed in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Yorba Linda, Calif. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Jebb Harris)
First Kiss
December 21st, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2011, after Gaeta’s ship, USS Oak Hill, returned from 80 days at sea. It’s a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings – one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. On Wednesday, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Brian J. Clark)
Home for Thanksgiving
November 24th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Valerie McElwaney, 51, McDonough, hugs her son, Spc. Miles Crook, 22, of Kennesaw, Ga., as members of the Georgia Army National Guard Dragon Masters (1-171st Aviation Regiment) arrive home from a yearlong duty in Iraq just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday at the Clay National Guard Center at Dobbins Air Base Nov. 23. It was Crook’s first deployment. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)
Wisconsin Guard Comes Home
November 23rd, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Sgt. Aaron Grudich of Oakfield walks back to the car with his family after returning back from Iraq at the West Bend Armory on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, in West Bend, Wis. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Aviation Support Battalion returned home from Iraq. After 51 weeks, the last Wisconsin National Guard Unit returned home. (AP Photo/West Bend Daily News, John Ehlke)
Surprise Homecoming
September 28th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Alabama National Guard Master Sgt. Catina Hyatt, surprises her daughter, Erykah Hyatt, during the Constitution Day Parade at Dannelly Elementary School in Montgomery, Ala on Monday Sept. 26, 2011. The school postponed the parade till Monday so that Hyatt could surprise her daughter on Erykah’s birthday. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh)
3/2 Returns Home
September 23rd, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, NC, returned home Sept. 19, from a seven-month deployment in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Geoffrey Gascoigne holds his daughter and kisses her for the first time after being deployed to Northern Helmand province. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Pfc. Phillip R. Clark)
Happy To Be Home
August 23rd, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
Members of the Rhode Island National Guard’s 1207th support company deplane upon their return from a one year deployment in Kuwait, where their unit oversaw security for convoys moving in and out of Iraq, in North Kingstown, RI., Friday afternoon, Aug. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
711 SOS Returns to Florida
August 15th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
Lt. Col. Thomas Frazier of the 711th Special Operations Squadron receives a overdue hug from his daughter after returning from a deployment to Southwest Asia, Aug. 7. More than 25 Air Force Reserve Airmen were welcomed back home at a homecoming party at Duke Field in Florida. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)