Sgt. Jason Turner, Memphis, Tenn., assigned to 23d Engineer Company, who was combat-wounded on his last deployment, holds his daughter Campbell, 11 months old, and Elyse Dolye, 11, yells with excitement as her father, Staff Sgt. Edward Doyle, not seen, and fellow soldiers assigned to the 23rd Engineer Company, part of the 2nd Engineer Brigade home based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, enter Buckner Physical Fitness Center for a redeployment ceremony. Nearly 100 U.S. Army Alaska soldiers returned home Thursday evening, March 14, from a nine-month deployment to the southern provinces of Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During their deployment, the soldiers performed dangerous route-clearance missions to remove improvised explosive devices along often-used roads. The unit was featured in the National Geographic Channel's "Bomb Hunters: Afghanistan" and three-part Discovery Channel documentary "Heroes of Hell's Highway." (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
Justin Connaher
Taken on 14 March 2013
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