Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vought | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs | 04.01.2013
Members of the Atlanta USO welcome Spc. Samuel Jeans, a soldier with 4-3 31st ADA and Portland, Ore., native, at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, April 1, 2013. Jeans is currently deployed to Kuwait and was coming home for R&R. He was aboard the military's last charted flight out of the Central Command area of operations as the R&R leave program shifts to individual......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vought | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs | 04.01.2013
The final military-chartered flight from the Central Command area of responsibility taxis at at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, April 1, 2013. The R&R leave program shifts to individual tickets supplied to troops which will save the Department of Defense money and the service members and their families time....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vought | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs | 04.01.2013
Army National Guard Sgt. Micheal Cocuzzi, St. Charles, Minn., native (center), waits to deplane from the final military charted R&R flight from the Central Command area of responsibility at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, April 1, 2013. The R&R leave program shifts to individual tickets supplied to troops which will save the Department of Defense money and the service......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vought | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs | 04.01.2013
Sgt. 1st Class Michelle Shaw, Army reservist from Prosser, Wash., steps off the final military-chartered R&R flight from Central Command area of operations at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, April 1, 2013. The R&R leave program now shifts to individual tickets supplied to troops which will save the Department of Defense money and the service members and their families time....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vought | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs | 04.01.2013
Returning service members stationed across Central Command arrive and check off on R&R leave at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, April 1, 2013. They were aboard the military's last charted flight out of the Central Command area of operations as the R&R leave program shifts to individual tickets supplied to troops which will save the Department of Defense money and the......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vought | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs | 04.01.2013
Members of the Atlanta USO welcome Lt. j.g. Chad Scott, a medical officer with Regional Command Southwest and Northbridge, Mass., native, at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, April 1, 2013. Scott is currently deployed to Afghanistan from Camp Lejeune, N.C., as an Afghan advisor to the 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps and is vacationing with his family in Disney World on R&R before......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vought | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs | 04.01.2013
Spc. Greg Mingledorff, a soldier with the 43rd Air Defense Artillery Battalion and Montgomery, Ala., native, checks off on leave at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, April 1, 2013. Mingledorff is currently deployed to Kuwait and was coming home for R&R. He was aboard the military's last charted flight out of the Central Command area of operations as the R&R leave program......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Vought | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs | 04.01.2013
Members of the Atlanta USO welcome Spc. Richard Maliniak, a Ft. Campbell, Ky., soldier attached to the 3rd Infantry Division, at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, April 1, 2013. Maliniak is currently deployed to Afghanistan at Forward Operating Base Rasab with the 510th Military Working Dog Detachment and was coming home for R&R. He was aboard the military's last charted......