Soldier Returns from Deployment to Surprise Sons at Elementary School

Sgt. 1st Class Maximiliano Guerra just returned from his fourth Army deployment -- but this time, as a father, the homecoming was a little more special.

Guerra surprised his children in front of teachers and classmates at Francis Scott Key Elementary School in Arlington, Va after returning from a 7-month tour of duty in Kuwait. Just in time for Father’s Day, he entered the cafeteria during a music class wearing a bee costume usually worn by a teacher. But when Guerra’s children were called up to find out who was underneath the suit, they were in for quite the shock.

“To see the kids reaction to who I was,” Guerra said, “it’s something you can keep forever.”

At first the kids seemed startled, pausing for a few seconds before jumping into their dad’s arms.