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    Buffalo-based National Guard Soldiers return home from Horn of Africa deployment on Veterans Day [Image 1 of 9]

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    Buffalo-based National Guard Soldiers return home from Horn of Africa deployment on Veterans Day

    CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES

    11.11.2025

    Photo by Avery Schneider 

    New York National Guard

    A Soldier assigned to the 152nd Engineer Support Company, 204th Engineer Battalion, 153rd Troop Command Brigade, 53rd Troop Command, New York Army National Guard, is hugged by a family member during a return home from a deployment to East Africa on Veterans Day on Nov. 11, 2025 in Cheektowaga, N.Y. The 152nd ESC was deployed for nine months in Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya, where they provided critical engineering and construction support to ongoing counterterrorism operations under the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Avery Schneider)

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    Date Taken: 11.11.2025
    Date Posted: 11.11.2025 20:39
    Photo ID: 9383112
    VIRIN: 251111-Z-HB296-1009
    Resolution: 4032x2268
    Size: 1.89 MB
    Location: CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, US

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