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why National Guard soldiers with the

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first Battalion , 47 Build Artillery

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Regiment have returned from their year

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long deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq .

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The soldiers arrived via a commercial

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charter flight from Texas , where they

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have been quarantined after their

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initial return from overseas . They

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were medically screened by fellow

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Hawaii guardsmen and members of the Hoi

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Department of Health who are screening

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all incoming passengers for Cove in 19

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at the Daniel K in Oi Honolulu

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International Airport . Get on the

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plane in Texas , Who is the surreal ?

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It's been a long year , and so as more

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of a family is actually happening ,

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there's lot delays . There's a lot of

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changes to this whole cove it thing .

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So just being able to get on the plane

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and say that they were on our way home

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that I met the world's everyone . This

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deployment for the field artillery

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soldiers was a historic one for this

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unit . It was the first time that a

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build artillery unit has been assigned

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to perform the Counter rocket ,

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artillery and mortar system , or C RAM

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mission over 100 soldiers with a 47

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earned . The Combat action badge is for

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actions taken while protecting US

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assets in Afghanistan and Iraq .

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Way

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with an overtime for my entire military

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career has been for about seven years ,

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so this is just going with family . Um ,

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this time has been my home for the past

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seven years . Like I said , and just

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being able to go with them , that meant

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the world to me . The soldiersfamilies

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waited outside the 29th Infantry

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Brigade Combat Teams Readiness Center

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to pick up their returning guardsman .

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Emotions were high as a mandatory 14

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day quarantine loomed over the soldiers

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return . I'm gonna have to quarantine

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him 1st 14 days , that's for sure .

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And then maybe what from there and talk

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about it is its decide because

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then it's a month . It's it's a must

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that we have to do it . But then I just

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felt like it's sad because then they're

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they're away for , like , what ? Almost

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a year . And they deserve a grand you

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noon , you know ? But then this

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happened . But it's just how it is .

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You already asked me for . Land is open .

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And I said yes , there within a 10 and

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I'm pretty sure he's gonna buy . Okay ,

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wait .

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The guardsmen were released six at a

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time and picked up with no one exiting

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the car . No hugs or greetings were

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allowed to ensure physical distancing

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with their friends and family . It was

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an awkward breed employment event that

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resembled a drive with the products

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being the happiest soldiers in the

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world . Theme

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is what it is . I know that terms or

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that saying he's been thrown out a lot .

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But it is way . Understand that there

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are limitations , that they're

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constraints outside of our

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understanding on outside our control on .

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We'll just roll with it . We'll do .

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What we have to do is great . That

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leadership came out to welcome us

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straight that way , had the support of

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all the community when we arrived in

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the airport and , you know , it wasn't

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the walk upon some right that we

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expected . But he's got something .

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This is Tech starter and really Jackson ,

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reporting with the National Guard