Paratroopers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embrace their family members for the first time upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Blocker)
A Hero’s Welcome Where the mission ends… and home begins.
THE FAMILY REUNION Arms wrap tight. Tears fall freely. Children run forward. And time finally catches up. This is A Hero’s Welcome. A moment worth remembering. A story worth preserving.
A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his family member for the first time upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his family member for the first time upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his family members for the first time upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his family members for the first time upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his family member for the first time upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division holds his newborn for the first time upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his family member for the first time upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his family member for the first time upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)A paratroopers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division helps dry his daughter’s tears after embracing her upon redeployment at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division holds one of his newborn babies upon his redeployment at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger/Released)A family member of a paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division hugs her Paratrooper upon his redeployment at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger/Released)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his Family member at Green Ramp at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger/Released)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his Family members at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger/Released)A family member reunites with her Paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division upon his redeployment at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his Family member upon redeployment at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)A family member of a paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his family members upon his redeployment at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)A Family member of a Paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces her loved one upon his redeployment at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division holds one of his newborn babies upon his redeployment at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger/Released)A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is reunited with his family upon redeployment at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger/Released)Family members welcome home paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, returning from a nine-month deployment in support of Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, March 1, 2016.Family members welcome home Paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, returning from a nine-month deployment in support of Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, March 1, 2016.Family members welcome home paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, returning from a nine-month deployment in support of Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, March 1, 2016.A family member embraces her husband during a redeployment ceremony at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 9, 2016. The paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, returned home from a nine-month deployment in support of Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve.Family members welcome home paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, returning from a nine-month deployment in support of Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, March 9, 2016.A family member embraces his father during a redeployment ceremony at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 9, 2016. The paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, returned home from a nine-month deployment in support of Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve.A family member embraces his father during a redeployment ceremony at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 9, 2016. The paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, returned home from a nine-month deployment in support of Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve.A paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division embraces his Family member upon redeployment at Green Ramp on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2015. The paratroopers returned from a nine-month deployment to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger/Released)
