Soldiers Based In Iraq Come Back And Wear Their Wedding Rings Again
It was a wonderful homecoming for seventy five soldiers from Davenport in Iowa – they had been deployed in Iraq for a year in order to fly, refuel and maintain the American army’s Chinook helicopters. As they finished their term and came back, there was such a sense of joy among them and their waiting families. Some of them had done their very first deployment service and this was their first stint in the army. They had all been deployed in the Army National Guard and as they stepped out onto the Aviation Support Facility, there were tears of joy awaiting them.
What was also a source of joy for many of the men was the fact that they could wear their wedding rings again. They had to take them off while they were on duty but now, they could wear those rings again and that was a great feeling for them and their wives. There were such happy moments of men meeting their wives again and having their wedding rings slipped back on, of children meeting their fathers, parents meeting their sons and siblings and friends meeting their loved ones.
Some of the men have been there since 2003 and they were among the first soldiers to be deployed in the Gulf region. And they seem to be among the last to come back. All the wives and families of all the soldiers there want their men and women to come back because the feeling is that they have been away too long.
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