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This was the scene at Pope Army

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Airfield north Carolina late thursday

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afternoon before . Good friday , family

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and friends gathered an eagerly awaited

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the arrival of their loved ones after a

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year long deployment to kuwait

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when the ramp of the aircraft opened

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and the troops marched into the hangar .

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They could truly breathe a sigh of

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relief because their mission in kuwait

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was officially complete . But their

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accomplishments downrange was nothing

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short of extraordinary . Did accomplish

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a great many things . Um , you know ,

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millions of pounds of mail processed ,

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I would tell you , you know , hundreds

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of thousands of personnel moved in a

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timely manner with very , very minimal

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delays . So from that standpoint ,

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absolutely . We did accomplish

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everything that we want to do now that

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the team has made it back to their

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family and friends safely with the

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wealth of accomplishments under their

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belt . They can finally enjoy some well

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deserved down time to spend with the

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ones they love . We're just thankful

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for making it through a year down range

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and coming back safely . A lot of

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people who weren't fortunate enough to

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do the same uh , as the business that I

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was in . Uh , I'm definitely

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appreciative to be able to come back to

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life limb and health . And as well as

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my wife and you know , look at our

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Children once again performing from the

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green line at Pope Army Airfield North

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Carolina for the first theater

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sustained the command Army sergeant ,

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first class Kimberly cooper Williams