What is your most memorable homecoming??

CH (MAJ) William Beaver — Tue, 05 May 2015 21:23:32 -0400

Describe your most memorable homecoming following redeployment. Why will you always cherish it?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 5 at 2015 10:34 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 05 May 2015 22:34:51 -0400

There was no big fanfare. No tickertape parade. Just my friend holding a "Welcome Home Sign" and my wife and I running to each other. To me, that was the best one.

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made May 6 at 2015 12:15 AM

CSM Charles Hayden — Wed, 06 May 2015 00:15:37 -0400

That is all there is; to have a wife eagerly greet you is heartwarming to me. Best of forever with her.

Response by SPC Carl K. made May 6 at 2015 6:47 PM

SPC Carl K. — Wed, 06 May 2015 18:47:20 -0400

I would have to say returning from a 6 month TDY deployment, and while everyone else greeted their returning soldiers, my ex-wife "forgot" that was the day I came home.

Response by 1SG Thomas Ross made May 7 at 2015 5:31 PM

1SG Thomas Ross — Thu, 07 May 2015 17:31:26 -0400

When I came back from Desert Storm and it seemed like the whole town of Peoria, IL turned out to welcome us back.

Response by SPC Jared Hollingshead made May 8 at 2015 5:37 PM

SPC Jared Hollingshead — Fri, 08 May 2015 17:37:40 -0400

Coming home from my last deployment to Iraq. I came home and got to hug my wife on the morning of my birthday. Happy Birthday to me.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 24 at 2015 10:49 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 24 May 2015 22:49:17 -0400

2005 mid tour leave. I was with the Mississippi Gaurd 155th Inf, Katrina had just ravaged the coast. I didn't live there anymore so they told me I may not be able to go see my wife and kids, at the last minute they said pack up. I headed to Tampa where my wife and kids were. My stepdad was my wife's boss and told her she had to pick up a company exec at Tampa Intl only to see me rolling down the escalator. The look on her face was epic. That was pretty good.