Mar 21, 2014

Soldiers from U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division return to Fort Campbell in Kentucky after a nine-month combat deployment in Afghanistan. The 60 soldiers were welcomed home during a ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield.

: Joshua Dominguez, 2, awaits the arrival of his father Spc. Patrick Dominguez of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, before a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Army wife Stephanie Frutig holds her son Abram Frutig, 1, as she awaits the arrival of her husband Sgt. Austin Frutig of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, before a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Grant Tyler, 12, awaits the arrival of his sister Sgt. Josi Tyler of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, before a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: The Lewis family of Rock Island, Ill. await the arrival of Sgt. Christopher Lewis of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, before a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Addison Starcher, 1, and her brother Angus Starcher, 2, await the arrival of their father Sgt. Kenneth Starcher of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, before a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Family members cheer as a charter flight carrying troops from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, lands at Campbell Army Airfield during a homecoming ceremony March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Family members cheer as a charter flight carrying troops from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, lands at Campbell Army Airfield during a homecoming ceremony March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: A U.S. Army color guard stands at attention as an AH-64 Apache helicopter takes off at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Troops from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, disembark a charter flight at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Troops from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, disembark a charter flight at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Troops from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, disembark a charter flight at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Troops from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, arrive at homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Army troops from the 101st Airborne Division stand along a hangar door while awaiting the arrival of troops from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment to a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Troops from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, arrive at a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, stand at attention during a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: A soldier from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, kisses his girlfriend following a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: A soldier from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, embraces a loved one following a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Sgt. Johnathan Link of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, kisses his girlfriend Christine following a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Sgt. Johnathan Link of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, embraces his girlfriend Christine following a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Sgt. John Tejeda of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, embraces his wife Yahaira Tejeda following a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Sgt. John Tejeda of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, embraces his wife Yahaira Tejeda following a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: 1LT Joshua Myers of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and his wife Corynn Myers play with their daughter Riley Myers, 1, following a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: Sgt. Kenneth Starcher of the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, holds his son Angus Starcher, 2, following a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: A soldier from the U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, sits with his family following a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

: A banner bearing the Screaming Eagle insignia of the 101st Airborne Division hangs in a hangar at Campbell Army Airfield March 21, 2014 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. About 60 soldiers returned to Fort Campbell after a nine-month combat deployment providing artillery and mortar support for coalition forces in Afghanistan. (Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

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