Returning Home: The Exit From Iraq
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Army Staff Sgt. Elama Palemene is kissed by his family during a welcome home ceremony at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Tech Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo kisses his wife Lalaine upon his arrival at Baltimore Washington International Airport in Baltimore, Md. Ricardo was one of more than 300 Airmen who were the last Air Force personnel to return home from Iraq.
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Army Spc. Cory Davis from Somersworth, N.H., is greeted by his grandmother Christina Davis as he arrives in Maine for a refueling stop as they make their way to Fort Hood, Texas.
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Army 2nd Lt. Brian Lee from Long Island, N.Y., from the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, is greeted as he arrives in Maine for a refueling stop on his way to Fort Hood, Texas.
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Soldiers from the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, sit on the plane as they prepare for the flight home to Fort Hood, Texas.
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Audience members cheer the return of the 47th Combat Support Hospital during a redeployment ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
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Three-year-old Emma Cox helps her father Spc. Scott Cox of the 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade after a redeployment ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
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Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division line up as they are greeted by family and friends at a redeployment ceremony at the Wheeler Army Airfield in Wahiawa, Hawaii.
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A welcome home sign is displayed as Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division are greeted by family and friends at a redeployment ceremony at the Wheeler Army Airfield.
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Sgt. Kevin Lindquist of the 47th Combat Support Hospital is welcomed home by his family after a redeployment ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
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People cheer as Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division return at the Wheeler Army Airfield.
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A Soldier holds a girl as the 25th Infantry Division is greeted by family and friends at a redeployment ceremony at the Wheeler Army Airfield.
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Soldiers pose for a photo at a welcome home ceremony for troops returning from Iraq in Fort Carson, Colo.
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Family members and Soldiers embrace following a welcome home ceremony for troops returning from Iraq in Fort Carson, Colo. More than 100 soldiers from the 549th Quartermaster Company, 43rd Sustainment Brigade returned after a seven-month deployment.
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A U.S. Soldier salutes the flag during the national anthem at a welcome home ceremony for troops returning from Iraq in Fort Carson, Colo.
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A soldier celebrates as the final section of the last American military convoy to depart Iraq crosses over the border into Kuwait.
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Downtown Baghdad at dawn in Iraq. American forces are now in the midst of the final stage of withdrawal from the war-torn country. According to the Iraq Body Count at least 4,485 U.S. military personnel have died in service in Iraq and more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died from war-related violence.
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Army 1st Lt. Wiley Grant from Muncie, Ind., of the 2-82, wraps up a photograph of his wife Calista to put into his luggage as he prepares to leave his living quarters at Camp Adder.
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Army Spc. Christopher Riveria from West Palm Beach, Fla., carries his gear to a staging area as they wait for the orders to convoy to Kuwait.
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Army Soldiers from the 2-82 start the process of packing up their personal gear as they prepare to head back home.
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Army Spc. Christopher Riveria from West Palm Beach, Fla., carries his gear to a staging area as he waits for the orders to convoy to Kuwait.
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U.S. Army Soldiers walk through a desolate Camp Adder as the Army continues to send its troops and equipment home and the base is prepared to be handed back to the Iraqi government later this month. America's military continues its pullout of the country after eight years of war and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
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U.S. Army Lt. Adam Wilson from Ontario, Calif., of the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, shakes hands with Sheik Mahmood Al-Ghizzi after a lunch meeting as the military prepares to head home from Camp Adder.
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U.S. Army Capt. Bishop Sparks from West Palm Beach, Fla., Sgt. Jeremy Healy and Spc. Brian Remillard from Tacoma, Wash., of the 2-82, eats lunch with Sheik Mahmood Al-Ghizzi at his house.
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U.S. Army Capt. Adam Tobias from San Antonio, Texas, listens as Army Lt. Col. Robert Wright, Commander of the 2-82, speaks with his soldiers about the planned exit from Camp Adder.
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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Wright from Lampasas, Texas, the Commander of the 2-82, meets with a local Iraqi to share lunch at Camp Adder.
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Lt. Col. Robert Wright, the commander of the 2-82, greets Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Sattar, and other Iraqi soldiers.
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U.S. Army Pfc. Christopher Johnson from Waynesboro, Ga., of the 2-82, pours extra ammunition into a box to be shipped home as he helps move out of Camp Adder.
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U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2-82 go out on one of their last patrols before heading back to the United States.
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U.S. Army Sgt. Bruno Sicilia from Fort Hood, Texas, of the 2-82, goes on one of his last patrols.
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Abandoned vehicle maintenance shelters are seen in the desolate Camp Adder as the U.S. Army continues to send its soldiers and equipment home.
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Army Spc. Joshua Landers from Sugar Land, Texas, of the 2-82, changes a shock mount on a armored vehicle as he prepares to head to Kuwait.
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Sgt. Jeremy Healy receives a crew cut from Spc. Christopher Riveria from West Palm Beach, Fla., while they pass time waiting to head home.
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Army Spc. Thomas Triplett from St. Louis, Mo., Spc. Gordon Holdburg from Detroit, Mich., Staff Sgt. Chris Kowalczyk from Columbus, Ohio and Sgt. Dallas Willams from Norman Okla., play a game of cards at Camp Adder.
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Army Lt. Adam Pettus, from Tulsa, Okla., of the 25th ID, has the laundry room to himself as he washes clothes in a near-empty Camp Adder.
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