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Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general, laughs with family and friends of his soldiers during the welcome home ceremony for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III Corps, Feb. 9, 20... More

Margaret Ferreira, mother of Army Col. Jay M. Ferreira,

Margaret Ferreira, mother of Army Col. Jay M. Ferreira,

Margaret Ferreira, mother of Army Col. Jay M. Ferreira, watches as her son is promoted during a ceremony at the Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums located on Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 13. Ferreira and his wife,... More

Hawaii National Guardsman Spc. Dallen Vance is welcomed

Hawaii National Guardsman Spc. Dallen Vance is welcomed

Hawaii National Guardsman Spc. Dallen Vance is welcomed home by his family after a nine-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan. Company B, 1-171st Aviation Regiment served a nine-... More

The family of Maj. Ryan Lynch awaits the return of

The family of Maj. Ryan Lynch awaits the return of

The family of Maj. Ryan Lynch awaits the return of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 during a return party at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014. Lynch is a CH-53E Super Stallion heli... More

Lt. Col. Octave Macdonald, the support operations officer

Lt. Col. Octave Macdonald, the support operations officer

Lt. Col. Octave Macdonald, the support operations officer in charge for the 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), holds his son Kevin shortly after returning from a nine-month deploy... More

Maj. Kevin J. Murphy spends time with his family at

Maj. Kevin J. Murphy spends time with his family at

Maj. Kevin J. Murphy spends time with his family at the welcome home ceremony for the Soldiers from the Military Advisor Team (MAT) 4, New Jersey Army National Guard, at the National Guard Armory in Lawrencevil... More

A Marine’s daughter gets her face painted during the

A Marine’s daughter gets her face painted during the

A Marine’s daughter gets her face painted during the 2014 I Marine Expeditionary Force Spring Family Day aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 26, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Silvano/released)

Maj. Ryan Lynch and family embrace during a return

Maj. Ryan Lynch and family embrace during a return

Maj. Ryan Lynch and family embrace during a return party for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014. Lynch is a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter pilo... More

A sign adorns a hangar wall during a return party for

A sign adorns a hangar wall during a return party for

A sign adorns a hangar wall during a return party for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014. HMH-366 departed Camp Bastion at the end of October, mar... More

Grady Grissom, 3, greets his dad, Sgt. Justin Grissom,

Grady Grissom, 3, greets his dad, Sgt. Justin Grissom,

Grady Grissom, 3, greets his dad, Sgt. Justin Grissom, at the welcome home ceremony for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III Corps, Feb. 9, 2014. Grissom was returning to Fort Hood after completing a nin... More

Spc. Thomas Watega, with 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation

Spc. Thomas Watega, with 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation

Spc. Thomas Watega, with 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment get help from son Brady James as his unit sets off on a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, March 20, 20... More

Army Lt. Col. Jay M. Ferreira (Center) is promoted

Army Lt. Col. Jay M. Ferreira (Center) is promoted

Army Lt. Col. Jay M. Ferreira (Center) is promoted to the rank of colonel during a ceremony held at the Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums located on Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 13. Ferreira and his wife, Army Lt... More

U.S. Army Maj. Kendra Green, assigned to 335th Signal

U.S. Army Maj. Kendra Green, assigned to 335th Signal

U.S. Army Maj. Kendra Green, assigned to 335th Signal Command (Theater), Detachment 34, prays with her family members during a deployment ceremony in the Drill Hall, 335th Headquarters building, East Point, Ga.... More

Gwen Bridges decorates a pillow case for a 2nd Battalion,

Gwen Bridges decorates a pillow case for a 2nd Battalion,

Gwen Bridges decorates a pillow case for a 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper at the battalion headquarters, Feb. 8. Rear detachment an... More

Staff Sgt. Theodore Batdorf, the noncommissioned officer

Staff Sgt. Theodore Batdorf, the noncommissioned officer

Staff Sgt. Theodore Batdorf, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Intensive Care Unit assigned to the 8th Forward Surgical Team, spends time with his family before deploying on a nine-month deployment t... More

Army Reserve Spc. Robert Burgett, a cable systems installer

Army Reserve Spc. Robert Burgett, a cable systems installer

Army Reserve Spc. Robert Burgett, a cable systems installer with the 490th Signal Company (Tactical Installation and Networking - Enhanced), gets a hug from his 2-year-old daughter Addelynn at North Fort Hood, ... More

Members of the South Carolina National Guard, Bravo

Members of the South Carolina National Guard, Bravo

Members of the South Carolina National Guard, Bravo Company, 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion returned home from their nearly yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, March 1. Approximately 130 members deployed ... More

Captain Chris Polidora, operations officer with 1st

Captain Chris Polidora, operations officer with 1st

Captain Chris Polidora, operations officer with 1st Marine Regiment, said his goodbyes to his wife, Herlinda, and daughters Sofia and Lilliana, at a farewell for the regiment aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendl... More

Hannah W. holds a welcome home sign while awaiting

Hannah W. holds a welcome home sign while awaiting

Hannah W. holds a welcome home sign while awaiting the return of her father during a return party for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014. HMH-366 ... More

Hannah W. holds a balloon and sign while awaiting the

Hannah W. holds a balloon and sign while awaiting the

Hannah W. holds a balloon and sign while awaiting the return of her father during a return party for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014. HMH-366 ... More

U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Watson, assigned to 335th Signal

U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Watson, assigned to 335th Signal

U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Watson, assigned to 335th Signal Command (Theater), Detachment 34, prays with his family members during a deployment ceremony in the Drill Hall, 335th Headquarters building, East Point, ... More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Fulks, UH-60 Black Hawk

Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Fulks, UH-60 Black Hawk

Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Fulks, UH-60 Black Hawk pilot with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard, meets his 6-month-old daughter, Alyssa, for the first time during a... More

Army Lt. Col. Jay M. Ferreira (left) congratulates

Army Lt. Col. Jay M. Ferreira (left) congratulates

Army Lt. Col. Jay M. Ferreira (left) congratulates his wife, Army Lt. Col. Stacey Ferreira after she is promoted during a ceremony held at the Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums located on Fort Bliss, Texas, ... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Shavoka Douglas, Equal Opportunity

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Shavoka Douglas, Equal Opportunity

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Shavoka Douglas, Equal Opportunity Program Manager for the U.S. Forces Afghanistan, will celebrate Mother’s Day 2014 in Afghanistan. However, this is not the first time Douglas spends this sp... More

Army Lt. Col. Stacey Ferreira (right) stand with her

Army Lt. Col. Stacey Ferreira (right) stand with her

Army Lt. Col. Stacey Ferreira (right) stand with her children and addresses attendees of a promotion ceremony at the Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums located on Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 13. Ferreira and her ... More

Plauques for the awardees of the Operation Homefront

Plauques for the awardees of the Operation Homefront

Plauques for the awardees of the Operation Homefront 6th Annual Military Child of the Year Awards Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va., April 10, 2014. The Military Child of the Year Award i... More

Col. Zane Jones, middle, the 18th Military Police Brigade

Col. Zane Jones, middle, the 18th Military Police Brigade

Col. Zane Jones, middle, the 18th Military Police Brigade commander, and Task Force Vigilant soldiers return Feb. 3 to Sembach Kaserne in Germany after being deployed to Camp Sabalu-Harrison in Afghanistan sinc... More

Sgt. Tyler Frye with Company C, 1st "Mustang" Battalion,

Sgt. Tyler Frye with Company C, 1st "Mustang" Battalion,

Sgt. Tyler Frye with Company C, 1st "Mustang" Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, reunites with his sister, Eleanor, 9, during a welcome home ceremony at Cooper Field... More

A mother plays with her child during the 2014 I Marine

A mother plays with her child during the 2014 I Marine

A mother plays with her child during the 2014 I Marine Expeditionary Force Spring Family Day aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 26, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Silvano/released)

Walker (left), Hudson, Makenzie, Samantha, Michael

Walker (left), Hudson, Makenzie, Samantha, Michael

Walker (left), Hudson, Makenzie, Samantha, Michael (wife) and Capt. John Hawkins gather at Fort Wainwright's Hangar 7 as members of the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment load up for a nine-month deployment ... More

Soldiers and families of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat

Soldiers and families of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat

Soldiers and families of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, learn techniques for building better marriages during the training portion of a Strong Bonds marriage retreat, Feb. 22, 2014, in... More

A Marine prepares to throw a football at an inflatable

A Marine prepares to throw a football at an inflatable

A Marine prepares to throw a football at an inflatable target as two Young Marines watch during the 2014 I Marine Expeditionary Force Spring Family Day aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 26, 2014. (U.S. Marin... More

Brig. Gen. Joe Jarrard said goodbye to Savannah’s Georgia

Brig. Gen. Joe Jarrard said goodbye to Savannah’s Georgia

Brig. Gen. Joe Jarrard said goodbye to Savannah’s Georgia Army National Guard Chinook Helicopter Unit, Bravo Company, 1-169th General Support Aviation Battalion at their departure ceremony on Hunter Army Airfie... More

Children watch balloons being shaped into different

Children watch balloons being shaped into different

Children watch balloons being shaped into different figures during the 2014 I Marine Expeditionary Force Spring Family Day aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 26, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. D... More

Maj. Ernest Dorema, the Intensive Care nurse assigned

Maj. Ernest Dorema, the Intensive Care nurse assigned

Maj. Ernest Dorema, the Intensive Care nurse assigned to 8th Forward Surgical Team, spends time with his wife, Shevaughn, and daughter, Leilani, shortly before deploying with his unit on Joint Base Elmendorf-Ri... More

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School Club and staff celebrated Purple Up Day, a campaign created by Operation Military Kids to recognize the service of our nation's military children. Tennessee ... More

Members of the 8th Forward Surgical Team and family

Members of the 8th Forward Surgical Team and family

Members of the 8th Forward Surgical Team and family members say their final goodbyes before the unit moved out for their nine-month deployment in Afghanistan on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 16,... More

Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III

Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III

Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III Corps, wait patiently to be released by III Corps and Fort Hood Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, during their welcome home ceremony, Feb. 9, 2014. ... More

Corporal Trevor Bissett, supply noncommissioned officer

Corporal Trevor Bissett, supply noncommissioned officer

Corporal Trevor Bissett, supply noncommissioned officer with 1st Marine Regiment, said his goodbyes to Brandi Garten at a farewell for the regiment aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Feb. 10, 2014. Bissett... More

The family of Col. Gary Brito is hard to miss at the

The family of Col. Gary Brito is hard to miss at the

The family of Col. Gary Brito is hard to miss at the welcome home ceremony for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III Corps, in the III Corps Headquarters building on Fort Hood, Feb. 9, 2014. Soldiers of th... More

Family and friends of Marietta’s own Army National

Family and friends of Marietta’s own Army National

Family and friends of Marietta’s own Army National Guard Detachment 9 Operational Airlift Command welcomed the Georgia Guardsmen home from nearly a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan. During their 11-month depl... More

Danna and Max Shurn, greet their Airman, Capt Stephen

Danna and Max Shurn, greet their Airman, Capt Stephen

Danna and Max Shurn, greet their Airman, Capt Stephen Shurn, 15th Special Operations navigator, on Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 21, 2014. Airmen from the 15th SOS and 9th Special Operations Squadron returned fro... More

1st Sgt. Jairo Fredonis, weapons company first sergeant,

1st Sgt. Jairo Fredonis, weapons company first sergeant,

1st Sgt. Jairo Fredonis, weapons company first sergeant, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, embraces his wife, Monique Fredonis, during a homecoming at Del Valle Field, March 22. The homecoming welcomed Marine... More

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with his wife Mandy along with his children at the Atlanta Braves game April 26. Wilkes returned home early from Afghanistan to surprise his family at the Atlan... More

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen.

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen.

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey speaks during the Operation Homefront 6th Annual Military Child of the Year Awards Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va.... More

Lt. Gen. Goldfein visit to Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

Lt. Gen. Goldfein visit to Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

Air Force Lt. Gen. David Goldfein, director of the Joint Staff discusses Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling's Transition Assistance Program with Lisa Bauch, the transition manager for JBAB's Military Family Support Center.

Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine

Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine

Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, returned to the Combat Center after a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan, March 22. Family, friends and fellow Marines awaited the arrival of thei... More

Soldiers from the Military Advisor Team (MAT) 4, New

Soldiers from the Military Advisor Team (MAT) 4, New

Soldiers from the Military Advisor Team (MAT) 4, New Jersey Army National Guard, were presented with the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal, the state's highest military award, at the welcome home ceremony ... More

Soldiers with the 551st Military Police Company "Hooligans,"

Soldiers with the 551st Military Police Company "Hooligans,"

Soldiers with the 551st Military Police Company "Hooligans," 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade "Lifeliners," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stand at attention during a welcome h... More

Family and friends of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

Family and friends of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

Family and friends of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 await the squadron’s return during a return party at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014. HMH-366 departed Camp Bastion at the ... More

Mandy Wilkes walks through Turner Field stadium after

Mandy Wilkes walks through Turner Field stadium after

Mandy Wilkes walks through Turner Field stadium after being reunited with her husband Staff Sgt. March Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., on the field at the Atlanta Braves game April 26. Staff Sgt. Wilkes returned home ear... More

Army Maj. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland (left), Fort Bliss

Army Maj. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland (left), Fort Bliss

Army Maj. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland (left), Fort Bliss commanding general and 1st Armored Division commander, leads Army Lt. Col. Stacey Ferreira (right) and her husband, Army Col. Jay M. Ferreira (center), in th... More

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School Club and staff celebrated Purple Up Day, a campaign created by Operation Military Kids to recognize the service of our nation's military children. Tennessee ... More

Soldiers congratulate Army Lt. Col. Stacey Ferreira

Soldiers congratulate Army Lt. Col. Stacey Ferreira

Soldiers congratulate Army Lt. Col. Stacey Ferreira (right) and her husband, Army Col. Jay M. Ferreira (center right), at a promotion ceremony held at the Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums located on Fort Bl... More

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general, has a word with Sgt. Justin Grissom and his son, Grady, during the welcome home ceremony for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III Corps, F... More

Fort Bliss Commanding General and 1st Armored Division

Fort Bliss Commanding General and 1st Armored Division

Fort Bliss Commanding General and 1st Armored Division Commander Army Maj. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland, addresses attendees of a promotion ceremony at the Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums located on Fort Bliss,... More

Spc. Elias Baez-Cintron, a light wheel mechanic with

Spc. Elias Baez-Cintron, a light wheel mechanic with

Spc. Elias Baez-Cintron, a light wheel mechanic with the 333rd Engineer Company, is received by his wife and kids during a welcome home ceremony where more than 1,000 family and community members gathered after... More

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School Club and staff celebrated Purple Up Day, a campaign created by Operation Military Kids to recognize the service of our nation's military children. Maj. Gen. ... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Shavoka Douglas, Equal Opportunity

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Shavoka Douglas, Equal Opportunity

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Shavoka Douglas, Equal Opportunity Program Manager for the U.S. Forces Afghanistan, will celebrate Mother’s Day 2014 in Afghanistan. However, this is not the first time Douglas spends this sp... More

U.S. Army Spc. Colton Forte, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry

U.S. Army Spc. Colton Forte, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry

U.S. Army Spc. Colton Forte, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, greets his wife and child after returning home to Fort Polk after nearly nine months in Afghan... More

Members of the South Carolina National Guard, Bravo

Members of the South Carolina National Guard, Bravo

Members of the South Carolina National Guard, Bravo Company, 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion returned home from their nearly yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, March 1. Approximately 130 members deployed ... More

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Scott Skaug, with 1st Battalion,

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Scott Skaug, with 1st Battalion,

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Scott Skaug, with 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, gets snuggles from daughter Emily and wife Shannon as they say their farewells prior to the unit's nine-month deployment to Afgha... More

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with his wife Mandy along with his children at the Atlanta Braves game April 26. Wilkes returned home early from Afghanistan to surprise his family at the Atlan... More

Marcela Torres, the deputy family readiness officer

Marcela Torres, the deputy family readiness officer

Marcela Torres, the deputy family readiness officer for I Marine Expeditionary Force, addresses the families attending the 2014 I MEF Spring Family Day aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 26, 2014. (U.S. Marin... More

Richelle Collins decorates a pillow case for a deployed

Richelle Collins decorates a pillow case for a deployed

Richelle Collins decorates a pillow case for a deployed 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper at the battalion headquarters, Feb. 8. Rear ... More

Jessica Katila and her son look toward the flightline

Jessica Katila and her son look toward the flightline

Jessica Katila and her son look toward the flightline at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., during a return party for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366, Nov. 17, 2014. HMH-366 departed Camp Bastion... More

Marines pass around a football during the 2014 I Marine

Marines pass around a football during the 2014 I Marine

Marines pass around a football during the 2014 I Marine Expeditionary Force Spring Family Day aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 26, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Silvano/released)

Gwen Bridges (front) and Ella Dixon paint pillow cases

Gwen Bridges (front) and Ella Dixon paint pillow cases

Gwen Bridges (front) and Ella Dixon paint pillow cases for deployed paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at the battalion headqua... More

Keeping in touch, Afghanistan

Keeping in touch, Afghanistan

1st Lt. Nicole McCoy, 159th CAB strength manager, uses Skype to stay in contact with her son Landon while her husband Michael looks on. McCoy tries to Skype with her family as much as possible. Skype is one o... More

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen.

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen.

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and his wife Deanie talk with Bret Michaels during the Operation Homefront 6th Annual Military Child of the Year Awards Dinner at the Cryst... More

Returning Soldier shares first kiss with daughter

Returning Soldier shares first kiss with daughter

Pfc. Dakota Van Petten, 55th Mobility Augmentation Company, kisses his 3-month-old daughter, Riley, for the first time Monday night, April 28, 2014, at the Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Main Post Chapel during a rede... More

First Sgt. Stephen Cosmanic hugs his daughter at a

First Sgt. Stephen Cosmanic hugs his daughter at a

First Sgt. Stephen Cosmanic hugs his daughter at a welcome home ceremony for the seven Soldiers and one Airman of the Military Advisor Team (MAT) V held at the New Jersey Joint Force Headquarters, Joint Base Mc... More

Capt. Chris Polidora, operations officer with 1st Marine

Capt. Chris Polidora, operations officer with 1st Marine

Capt. Chris Polidora, operations officer with 1st Marine Regiment, poses with his daughter as his wife, Herlinda, takes a photograph. Polidora, a native of Hazleton, Pa., is part of the last regiment to deploy ... More

Staff Sgt. John P. Martinez, a native of Elsa, Texas,

Staff Sgt. John P. Martinez, a native of Elsa, Texas,

Staff Sgt. John P. Martinez, a native of Elsa, Texas, and a Military Police with the 551st Military Police Company "Hooligans," 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade "Lifeliners," 101st Air... More

Kylie Walker, daughter of Lance Cpl. Kalib Walker,

Kylie Walker, daughter of Lance Cpl. Kalib Walker,

Kylie Walker, daughter of Lance Cpl. Kalib Walker, was born at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., March 15, 2014, ten days after her father left the United States for a seven-month deployment... More

Maj. Kevin J. Murphy spends time with his family at

Maj. Kevin J. Murphy spends time with his family at

Maj. Kevin J. Murphy spends time with his family at the welcome home ceremony for the Soldiers from the Military Advisor Team (MAT) 4, New Jersey Army National Guard, at the National Guard Armory in Lawrencevil... More

A panel of soldiers sits before the females of the

A panel of soldiers sits before the females of the

A panel of soldiers sits before the females of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Spartans,” 3rd Infantry Division’s, for the Spartan Brigade’s first Female to Female mentorship event held here at Club Stewar... More

A family member of Michael-Logan Jordan, the Marine

A family member of Michael-Logan Jordan, the Marine

A family member of Michael-Logan Jordan, the Marine Corps Military Child of the Year, smiles after receiving a coin from 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey during the Operati... More

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School Club and staff celebrated Purple Up Day, a campaign created by Operation Military Kids to recognize the service of our nation's military children. Tennessee ... More

Tracey Welsh and her daughter await the return of Marine

Tracey Welsh and her daughter await the return of Marine

Tracey Welsh and her daughter await the return of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 during a return party at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014. HMH-366 departed Camp Bastion at the e... More

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School Club and staff celebrated Purple Up Day, a campaign created by Operation Military Kids to recognize the service of our nation's military children. Tennessee ... More

Bret Michaels speaks during the Operation Homefront

Bret Michaels speaks during the Operation Homefront

Bret Michaels speaks during the Operation Homefront 6th Annual Military Child of the Year Awards Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va., April 10, 2014. The Military Child of the Year Award is... More

Olivia Settles greets her dad, 1st Lt. James Settles,

Olivia Settles greets her dad, 1st Lt. James Settles,

Olivia Settles greets her dad, 1st Lt. James Settles, during the welcome home ceremony for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, III Corps in the III Corps Headquarters building on Fort Hood, Feb. 9, 2014. The... More

Lance Cpl. Kalib Walker, an automatic rifleman with

Lance Cpl. Kalib Walker, an automatic rifleman with

Lance Cpl. Kalib Walker, an automatic rifleman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Freeport, N.Y., departed the United States for his second tour to Afghanistan ten days prio... More

The Bridges family decorates pillow cases for 2nd Battalion,

The Bridges family decorates pillow cases for 2nd Battalion,

The Bridges family decorates pillow cases for 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers at the battalion headquarters, Feb. 8. Rear detachmen... More

Soldiers from the 524th Combat Sustainment Support

Soldiers from the 524th Combat Sustainment Support

Soldiers from the 524th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 45th Sustainment Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, stand in formation during a redeployment ceremony, March 9, after a nine-month deployment... More

Warrant Officer 1 Preston D. Robinson spends time with

Warrant Officer 1 Preston D. Robinson spends time with

Warrant Officer 1 Preston D. Robinson spends time with his family at the welcome home ceremony for the Soldiers from the Military Advisor Team (MAT) 4, New Jersey Army National Guard, at the National Guard Armo... More

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with his wife Mandy along with his children at the Atlanta Braves game April 26. Wilkes returned home early from Afghanistan to surprise his family at the Atlan... More

Taylor Lynn Myatt points to a welcome home sign she

Taylor Lynn Myatt points to a welcome home sign she

Taylor Lynn Myatt points to a welcome home sign she made for her father, Sgt. Carl T. Myatt, a movement control noncommissioned officer assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 1177th Movement Control... More

Maj. Nadine Ross, the officer in charge of personnel

Maj. Nadine Ross, the officer in charge of personnel

Maj. Nadine Ross, the officer in charge of personnel actions for the, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Spartans,” 3rd Infantry Division, addresses all in attendance for the 2nd ABCT’s first Female to Female men... More

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen.

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen.

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, his wife Deanie and the family of Juanita L. Collins, the Coast Guard Military Child of the Year, pose for a photo during the Operation Ho... More

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School Club and staff celebrated Purple Up Day, a campaign created by Operation Military Kids to recognize the service of our nation's military children. Tennessee ... More

Army Col. Jay M. Ferreira (left) and his wife, Army

Army Col. Jay M. Ferreira (left) and his wife, Army

Army Col. Jay M. Ferreira (left) and his wife, Army Lt. Col. Stacey Ferreira (right) cut a cake with a saber at a promotion ceremony held at the Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museums located on Fort Bliss, Texas... More

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School Club and staff celebrated Purple Up Day, a campaign created by Operation Military Kids to recognize the service of our nation's military children. Tennessee ... More

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with

Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with his wife Mandy along with his children at the Atlanta Braves game April 26. Wilkes returned home early from Afghanistan to surprise his family at the Atlan... More

Lance Cpl. Cody Ryan drops to a knee and pulls out

Lance Cpl. Cody Ryan drops to a knee and pulls out

Lance Cpl. Cody Ryan drops to a knee and pulls out a ring to propose to his girlfriend, Mary Kate Sheehan, Feb. 2., at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Ryan had just arrived back at Cherry Point after a n... More

Col. Zane Jones, front, the 18th Military Police Brigade

Col. Zane Jones, front, the 18th Military Police Brigade

Col. Zane Jones, front, the 18th Military Police Brigade commander, and Task Force Vigilant soldiers stand in formation Feb. 3 during a redeployment ceremony at the Sembach Fitness Center. The soldiers returned... More

Family, friends and service members of 3rd Battalion,

Family, friends and service members of 3rd Battalion,

Family, friends and service members of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, await the arrival of their loved ones at Del Valle Field, March 22. Marines and sailors with 3/7 were welcomed home after a seven-month... More

Lt. Col. Matt Kinkead, commander of the 1st "Mustang"

Lt. Col. Matt Kinkead, commander of the 1st "Mustang"

Lt. Col. Matt Kinkead, commander of the 1st "Mustang" Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, and 1st Cavalry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Kerry Guthrie, Mustang command sergeant ma... More

Spc. Matthew R. Smith, a native of Kill Devil Hills,

Spc. Matthew R. Smith, a native of Kill Devil Hills,

Spc. Matthew R. Smith, a native of Kill Devil Hills, N.C., and a Military Police with the 551st Military Police Company "Hooligans," 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade "Lifeliners,"101st... More

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