Families cheered from the bleachers inside Monti Physical

Families cheered from the bleachers inside Monti Physical Fitness Center as Soldiers of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division marched onto the basketball court during the first of several Welcome Home Ceremonies following a nine month deployment, July 11, 2019, at Fort Drum, New York. Soldiers returning in the advanced party represented nearly every one of the Commando brigade's seven battalions. Last fall around 2,000 Soldiers from 2BCT deployed to Kosovo and Afghanistan in support of an ongoing North Atlantic Treaty Organization peacekeeping mission and Operation Resolute Support. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Paige Behringer)