article_snippet: Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern flew home to Cherry Hill, New Jersey New Jersey during Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern fifth deployment on Thursday and will be with Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern family for five days.
article_snippet: Sgt First Class Joseph Kern first stop after Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern touched down on American soil was Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern two-year-old daughter Pearl's classroom, where Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern had the chance to surprise His wife and Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern other daughter, three-year-old Estelle.
article_snippet: Sgt First Class Joseph Kern Joseph Kern flew home from his fifth deployment on Thursday to surprise Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern two daughters, Estelle, three, and Pearl, two .
article_snippet: Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern'll be home for five days .
article_snippet: Kern's wife, Sarah Woldoff, a neuro-psychologist in Princeton, said that the military no longer offers leave, so the couple had to pay out of pocket for Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern to come home, according to ABC.
article_snippet: Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern left for Qatar in June and had already missed Estelle's birthday, so Woldoff said Woldoff husband's plane ticket was 'worth every dollar'.
article_snippet: Woldoff added that seeing Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern reunite with their daughters was 'breathtaking'.
article_snippet: Woldoff said that the National Guard does not give leave anymore, so the couple paid out of pocket for Kern's visit .
article_snippet: Kern missed her daughter's (right) birthday while Kern was away, so this trip was 'worth every dollar', according to Woldoff .
article_snippet: This is Kern's fifth deployment with the Army National Guard.
highlights_snippet: Army National Guard Sgt First Class Joseph Kern, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, has been deployed in Qatar since June 2014 .
  