Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan Broadnax | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 12.22.2011
Soldiers pose with their family members after more than 300 soldiers from XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division are reunited with their loved ones after serving a yearlong deployment to Iraq during a ceremony at Pope Army Airfield Dec. 22. (Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan Broadnax | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 12.22.2011
A little girl cries out with tears of joy when her daddy, along with more than 300 soldiers from XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division, reunite with their loved ones after serving a yea-long deployment to Iraq during a ceremony at Pope Army Airfield Dec. 22. (Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius Dawkins | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 12.22.2011
Soldiers from XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division reunite with their loved ones after serving a yearlong deployment to Iraq during a ceremony at Pope Army Airfield Dec. 22. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius S. Dawkins II)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius Dawkins | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 12.22.2011
Soldiers from XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division reunite with their loved ones after serving a yearlong deployment to Iraq during a ceremony at Pope Army Airfield Dec. 22. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius S. Dawkins II)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius Dawkins | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 12.22.2011
Soldiers from XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division stand in formation during a redeployment ceremony at Pope Army Airfield Dec. 22. Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, the XVIII Airborne Corps commander, led the way as soldiers marched into the hangar marking the end of their yearlong deployment to Iraq. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius S. Dawkins II)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius Dawkins | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 12.22.2011
Gen. David M. Rodriguez, the U.S. Army Forces Command commander, welcomes home Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, the XVIII Airborne Corps commander, along with more the 300 soldiers from XVIII Abn. Corps and 82nd Airborne Division after a yearlong deployment to Iraq during a ceremony at Pope Army Airfield Dec. 22. "You have set the conditions for Iraq to become a free nation," Rodriguez said. "And you......
Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan Broadnax | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 12.22.2011
Family members anxiously await the return of more than 300 soldiers from XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division returning home after serving a yearlong deployment to Iraq during a ceremony at Pope Army Airfield Dec. 22. (Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax)...
Courtesy Photo | 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard" | 12.20.2011
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, give a standing ovation to Gen. Lloyd Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, as he take the podium during a ceremony held for the returning of the U.S. Forces Iraq Colors at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Dec. 20, 2011. The return......