Nov 6, 2014

Paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, returned home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014.

Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. Reuters photographer Chris Keane was there to capture it.

: A young boy waves small U.S. flags as an airplane bringing paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division home from Afghanistan, arrives at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Roy Leeds holds a sign as he waits for his nephew who is a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, before returning home from Afghanistan, at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: A home-made banner for a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, is seen during a returning home ceremony from Afghanistan, at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: A woman waves a flag as she and others watch the airplane flying paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, as they return home from Afghanistan, at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, stand at attention after returning home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: A young girl waves a flag as she and others watch the airplane flying paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division as they return home from Afghanistan, at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders carry U.S. flags as an airplane bringing paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division home from Afghanistan, arrives at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Jackie Garnon waves a sign as she waits for her son, a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, to return home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, march up the ramp as they return home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Roy Leeds holds a sign as he waits for his nephew who is a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, before returning home from Afghanistan, at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division march up the ramp as they return home from Afghanistan, at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: A paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, hugs his wife after returning home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: John Jacoby, a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, hugs his girlfriend Emiliee Chance after returning home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: A paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, looks up at his son while sharing a hug with his wife after returning home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Zachary Smith, a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, hugs his mom Angie Gibson after returning home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Sean Smith, a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, kisses his daughter Olivia Rose Smith, 10 months, after returning home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, march up the ramp as they return home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

: Friends and family watch as paratroopers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, return home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military. (Chris Keane/Reuters)

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