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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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 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 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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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 Sgt. Bruno Sicilia from Fort Hood, Texas, of the 2-82, goes on one of his last patrols.

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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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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.