Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Mickaela Hawkley embraces her husband Bleu as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Zachary Galbraith, perched on Ben Marks’ shoulders, holds a sign to welcome home his father, Joe Galbraith, as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Signs and flags on display as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Amy Healey, holding her daughter Jayci, waves a flag as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Angie Bown, center, points to the arriving transport plane as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Elizabeth Balinski is overcome with emotion as the plane carrying her husband, Justin, lands as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Elizabeth Balinski is overcome with emotion as the plane carrying her husband, Justin, lands as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Elizabeth Balinski is overcome with emotion as the plane carrying her husband, Justin, lands as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Soldiers deplane as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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A soldier gets a tight embrace as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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A soldier gets a tight embrace as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. tom smart
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
A soldier gets a tight embrace as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. tom smart
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
A soldier gets a tight embrace as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
A soldier gets a tight embrace as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Ken Hess kisses his son Kaleb as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Denise Starks welcomes her husband Josh home as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Josh is holding the couple’s son Daxton.
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First Lieutenant Patrick Barrington walks with his daughters Amelia, left, and Rachel as the soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard’s Second Battalion, 211th Aviation unit returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan, Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
