Trust Us, This Video of 4-Year-Old Girl’s Reunion With Military Dad Will Melt Your Heart
It had been eight months since 4-year-old Carrina Kaluza had seen her dad, who had been deployed in Afghanistan serving in the Air Force. On Monday morning, Carrina got the surprise of a lifetime when her dad, Master Sgt. Tim Kaluza, surprised her during her kindergarten class and wrapped her up in a hug.
“Daddy!” the little girl shouted when she saw him standing in the doorway.
From the Valdosta Daily Times:
Master Sgt. Kaluza with the 824 BDS at Moody Air Force had been away from his family for eight months during a deployment to Afghanistan. This was only one of his several deployments.
“Too many to count, I couldn’t even tell you,” said Kaluza.
His wife Ashely Kaluza was able to see him on Saturday, but for Carrina, 6-year-old Savannah and 20 month old Alaina, Monday was the first day in eight months that they have seen their dad in person and not just on a computer screen during Skype sessions.
We won’t give anything else away. Watch the heartwarming video of the reunion below via the Valdosta Daily Times:
(H/T: Welcome Home Blog)
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skunkbear
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 8:44amI wonder how many Afghani children were forever denied a reunion with their fathers thanks to the “hero” Master Sgt. Tim Kaluza. Or worse, how many Afghani fathers were forever denied a reunion with their children thanks to the heroic Kaluza.
siguy62
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 9:19amYou disgust me. He went where ordered by one or two POTUS’ The other side had just as much as an ability to kill him and the other way around. This man served his country and no matter what your politics, your disrespect is disgusting.
How about those folks being denied a reunion based on a ‘video gamer’ working the controls on a drone attack? What about the orders for these attacks? There’s so much grey area and hypocricy out there on these issues, but your comments are clear and simply black and white. You disparaged him, and disgust me.
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Cleatus Van Damme
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 9:22amYou are missing one key point. The fact that the MSGT and his family are of value to real Americans. That man probably dreams of his daughters growing up to be President someday. The Afghan father dreams of his child shoveling goat excrement, at best, or strapping a bomb on their body, at worst. The MSGT and his dreams are to be valued. The other, not so much.
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D-Fence
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 9:24amYes, we better take his ability away to defend himself and his children by placing him on some “enemies of the state” list! War is a horrible thing, but it’s supposed to be! You blame the military for the wars? You’re an idiot!! Look to the government for whom to blame. Our policy should be: You attack us, we kick your **** then leave. I could give two rats a$$es about the Taliban or the Bathe party. Our Government always screws things up, and your kind wants more government? What a moron.
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spidah59
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 10:06amPos!!!
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Bloody Sam
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 10:17amPerhaps these poor unfortunate, possibly fictional children of Afghani fathers would have been better served by their fathers if the dolts hadn’t decided to take up arms against the best trained, best equipped fighting force in the world.
And besides, how many children have these “Heroic” Afghani fathers killed? Raped? More than Master Sgt. Tim Kaluza I will guarantee you.
Go away you POS.
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garbagecanlogic
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 10:37amHey skunky: Read “The Outpost” and then see if your pie hole processes anything valuable from your pea sized brain.
Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8
The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
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conservativewoman
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 10:58am@SKUNKBEAR
Oh, you mean the Afghan men who throw acid in the faces of girls just because they want to
go to school? The father that beats his daughter and forces her into an unwanted marriage at
the age of her first menstruation. I don’t imagine girls in afghanistan relish having their father around.
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jblaze
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:18amskunkbear
You know humanity is on its way out when man cannot differentiate between the enemy and the ally of God.
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Leerm
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:46amThank your lucky stars that you are on the internet and not face to face.
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AvengerK
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:01pmWell TROLLBEAR…I’d say not as many as the Taliban and al Qaeda has deformed, oppressed, butchered, blown up and beheaded long before, during and well after, Master Sgt Kaluza’s presence there.
Oh what’s that? You forgot what the Taliban and al Qaeda were doing before we even got there? Let me guess you thought the Taliban and al Qaeda were benign religious groups the respected the basic rights of human beings? Well consider yourself reminded.
Perhaps you can log back in as one of your other screennames to answer me?
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rickinpa
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:12pmHopfully thousands – don’t *** with the U.S.
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JEDhbo
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:20pmEver once in a while a posters chosen name perfectly identifies their mindset…..”SKUNK”…..probably “most” of your opinions “STINK” and “BARE” (BEAR) little to no relevence to the story being posted about. By the very fact that you, SKUNKBEAR, are able to visit a site such as this and make the comments such as the ones that you make, reveal to me that you neither appreciate freedoms that have been, and still are, fought for; nor do you respect lives lost and sacrifices continuing today. At this point I’d like to unlease a diatribe about you and your ilk…..BUT…..my refinement says otherwise.
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ryanalicia
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:51pmyou are a disgrase. you dont deserve the freedoms these men fight for.
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Xiccarph
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 1:03pmTo quote in part……I wonder how many Afghani children were forever denied a reunion with their fathers thanks to the “heros” who in the name of the peaceful religion of Islam blow up anyone they can at markets, on buses, trains, at cafes, checkpoints, voting lines, or anywhere they can.
Simplex minded idiot….
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pdw
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 1:35pmI see hate is alive and well. With all that hate I would be afraid to be around you it just might rub off on others and cause a lot of problems. You have no right to judge anyone but yourself. Everyone is judged by what they say while at the same time are judging themselves and how they think.
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Kalshion
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 2:02pm@skunkbear
“I wonder how many Afghani children were forever denied a reunion with their fathers thanks to the “hero” Master Sgt. Tim Kaluza. Or worse, how many Afghani fathers were forever denied a reunion with their children thanks to the heroic Kaluza.”
I wonder how many families on 9/11 lost fathers, mothers, and children to a group Afghani fathers who decided to slam planes into buildings full of innocent people. At the end of the day, I see the astrocities committed by Afghani fathers/mothers far worse than what soldiers have done.
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PJ Smith in Texas
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 2:37pmProbably not as many as died in NYC September 11, 2001.
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PJ Smith in Texas
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 2:41pmMaybe if they didn’t throw acid in their daughters’ faces, shoot soldiers who are there to train them at the request of their own government,, fly Airplanes into office building, hijack airplance and blow them up, or blow up school buses full of children with car bombs, our military wouldn’t be so keen on stopping them and they’d have more chances at reunion.
To repeat another poster just in case you missed it, it is a very lucky thing for you we are not face to face.
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girving
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 3:23pmSKUNKBEAR…….You should be deported by sundown
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Touche Turtle
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 3:51pmYou are nothing but one sorry S.O.B. This man fought for YOUR freedoms that you enjoy by living in this country! What have YOU done to protect the freedoms of all citizens. You make me want to vomit . . .
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1956
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 5:07pmskunk, you rally suck at all that high-handed snot-nose-in-the-air attitude.
Grow up. You should be grateful this man is willing to put his life on the line for your ability to have your liberal baby-sh/t attitudes and to be able to spout the stupid and inane comments that just show you are a zombie for the brainless far-left morons running this country.
By the way, Master Sgt. Kaluza, Thank you for your service.
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skunkbear
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 8:02pmThank you all for the responses. I never would have thought that my having empathy for innocent people murdered by an invading force would elicit such sophisticated arguments as – and I quote – “POS”. That does make me think my arguments might be wrong…
Nope. Because my argument (amerika is guilty of killing innocent people) is simple and can be summed upped in two questions.
1. Who invaded who? It is the absolute right of every person in an invaded country to kill every invader on their soil.
2. Where exactly does the US gubment have the authority to police the world in order to right every wrong, to liberate the oppressed, to go in search of dragons to be slayed? Although Congress has the sole authority to declare war (it has not since WW2), it is not found anywhere in the “beloved” Constitution that the federal gubment is responsible to spread Democracy and “freedom” to the world.
Show me where I am wrong. And show your work…
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skunkbear
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 8:14pmSIGUY62: “He went where ordered by one or two POTUS’”
Yes, he volunteered to be a pawn in “The Great Game”
“The other side had just as much as an ability to kill him and the other way around”
Yes but which side had the moral authority? The defender of his country or the invader?
“This man served his country and no matter what your politics, your disrespect is disgusting.”
No, he did not serve his country. He served the international banksters who control this country and use the gullible like Kaluza as hit men to conquer other nations not under their control. But you are right about my disrespect – I do not respect hired guns or fools.
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skunkbear
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 8:57pmD-FENCE, I honestly do not know what your point is. Clarify please.
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Cleatus Van Damme
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:30amThe Constitution states that one of the roles of the Federal Government is to provide for the national defense. It is our superior people and capability that says that we can go into their POS country and lose fewer than 4000 men in over a decade (unbelievable statistic through the prism of history, a very low number). The Afghan fathers that do not line up and fight the Taliban and al Qaeda with us are not men and are not fathers really.
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vaman
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 8:36amThis story plays in well with the “support the troops” crowd. I’ve read many comments when stories like this pop up and you are not supporting the troops by praying for them. That is the act of doing nothing, just to make yourself feel better. There is nothing a war time vet hates more than “thank you for your service”. It shows you haven’t done anything to actually be thankful or supportive. If you supported anyone, you would demand they all return to the U.S. Enough with your holy wars.
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CPT_GCF
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:01amYou couldn’t be more wrong. I sure do appreciate the encouragement when I receive it.
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rickinpa
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:14pmobviously not a VET!!!
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PJ Smith in Texas
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 2:43pmDuring which war and in what branch did you serve?
That’s what I thought.
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SingerGuy
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 3:04pmI’ve been out of the Air Force for 27 years. It still brings a lump to my throat when I’m at some gathering/concert/whatever and they ask for all the veterans to stand up and the audience applauds our service. I will never, ever, get tired of saying “you’re welcome” to such outpourings of support.
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BayuzhiZERO
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 3:36pmSpeak for yourself, kid.
Some of us appreciate it. Few expect it, and some of us are even embarrassed by it, but we pretty much all appreciate it.
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Touche Turtle
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 3:52pmAre you a vet or are you speaking without knowledge?
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MignonMallon
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 8:14amWow! Never seen anything like that before. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn!
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NoMoMrNiceGuy
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 7:23amHOOAH ! Drive on Hero !
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Mapache
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 7:01amSad to think about the kids who don’t get to see their dad or mom but only and official vehicle pulling up to the house. How empty and quiet that must be.
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The_Veteran
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 7:17amYet, people are so willing to send someone else’s son or daughter to fight because “they want to win”. I want to protect this nation just as bad as the next guy, but who’s really being protected by killing so poor goat herder 3000 miles away in some dusty desert mountain patch of nothing? Al Qaeda is dead in Afghanistan and so is Bin Laden. Bring them all home right now so that some poor child doesn’t have to wait for the mom or dad to come home and they never do, but instead are handed a flag and thanked for their sacrifice.
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CPT_GCF
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:05amThe_Veteran, I served in Afghanistan and can tell you, we believe in our commitment in Afghanistan. Your ignorance and negativity is ridiculous. You actually think the Al Queda is dead in Afghanistan. Who are you kidding?
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AvengerK
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:08pmLOL…yes THE_VEGETABLE….al Qaeda is dead and so is bin Laden. That’s why those cute little jihadis are strapping bombs to themselves and killing anyone they can get hold of. Civilian, cop, military, children, elderly people, women..it doesnt’ bother them. And of course…the Taliban and al Qaeda weren’t doing this before we got there. Idiot.
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rickinpa
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:17pmThe vet is an idiot, Who killed Ambassador Stevens? Those dead terrorist groups? I have no problem with bringing the troops home but don’t kid youself about Al Qauda
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Kregneva
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 1:41pmAvengerK writes: “…the Taliban and al Qaeda weren’t doing this before WE got there.” (discussing the United States Military overseas)
Super “Patriotic Flag Waver AvengerK” is NOT a Veteran, and is NOT EVEN a U.S. Citizen!
It pretends to be one of “us” Americans, but when you hit a nerve about it’s sad foreign upbringings or lonely existence as a green-card violator, it soon deletes your post.
Real Americans simply state they are voting U.S. citizens when challenged. Eh?
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Lucky3000
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 6:29amI’m so sick of these mushy reunions……There are tons of kids in America whose parents will NEVER come home because they are lying in their graves….We should not now and should have NEVER been in the middle east………We need our troops in our own country…..We need to stop borrowing from China….Bring our troops home……No I did not watch this….You seen one you seen them all….Don’t start calling me names…..I’m very conservative….but this stuff is boring….I’m just really fed up with the whole state of what’s going on in our beloved country………And the people running it…
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M24
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 6:39amDamn Somebody Needs a Hug
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Lucky3000
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 6:46amlol……..I’m on a roll this morning……Thanks for the laugh…….
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Lucky3000
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 9:44amI do apologize…………
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Mil-Dot
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 2:51pmThe criminals is DC do not want our troops to “come home”. They want as many of them to be wasted as they can possibly make happen. Nothing is more disgusting than an American politician. They are the lowest form of cretin on earth. Phoney lying crooks. All of them. They are not good enough to shine our guys and gals boots. They despise them. We need them to fight for our own country, right here in the USA.
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 4:04amNothing in the world more precious than this! God bless them!
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BestBearHugsEver
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 1:16amThese are absolutely the best bear hugs ever. I never get tired of seeing videos like this.
-Scott
Author of The Best Bear Hugs Ever – free children’s story
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:28amWar is H*LL on the kids.
God bless the military families.
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jp2feminist
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 12:11amVery nice, but the spooky music in the background was annoying.
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liltexasgal
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:58pmThat is a nice story!
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Grizzlyof5
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:40pmThat most definetly will put a big smile on your face. It shows just a small glimpse of the sacrifice these guys make for their love of America. I just wish they all could have returned walking through the door to a big hug and kiss from their loved ones.
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Cant steal my joy
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:15pmSo… sweet! I love the way little kids greet their parents (not just returning soldiers) like they are celebrities when they show up to help or visit in school. I used to love that feeling.
Many thanks to her dad for serving. Makes me kind of sad for all of the reunions that won’t take place.
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InfiniteSolutions
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:00pmIt’s nice to see a Mother, Father and Kids equals the definition of a family. Could you imagine, Jimmy’s Partner Johnny just got back from afaghan and came to see their adopted daughter as school. First Jimmy walks in with little Toddy and then Johhny comes in uniform and his little daughter says, daddy, daddy, why don’t I have a mommy like the other kids, ha ha ha, what a site. For some reason it just doesn’t seem to be normal to me no matter how much society tries to shove it down our throats. It takes a Man and a Women to make a Family and don’t forget it. I will say it, to each their own and no, I’m not a homophobe, remember, just because I speak what I believe it doesn’t make me that either, so, if you are gay, don’t be a heterophobe, except my ways as that’s what you are trying to get everyone else to do too.
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vaman
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 8:25amLook around. There are plenty of pictures and articles of military dads coming home to their kids and husbands and the world keeps on spinning and no one gets hurt…well, except you.
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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:45pmNow the video is showing up for me.
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spirited
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:39pmA few lovely moments of a very special day in the real world
>Very nice.
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oceandove
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:17pmNo video shows up for me, either. Just a blank space where the video should be. I am in Firefox.
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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:20pmI have Safari on MacBook Pro.
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AmericaMustBeFree
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:00pmNo video to watch???????????????
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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:06pmIt’s not there for me either. I keep refreshing the page, but it’s a no show.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:57pmJust another day in the life of an American Hero. Thank you sir for your service to this great country.
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The_Veteran
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 7:29amNow get your hugs and kissing in and head back to the sandbox and risk death by killing the bad guy goat farmer from kijacking another plane and flying it into another US building. Oh wait, the guys that hijacked the plane weren’t goat farmers, they weren’t poppy or wheat farmers, or the shoe repair guy or any of that. So why the hell are we killing them? Why does the goat herder turned insurgent have to die so that MSG Tim Kaluza here can go home to his daughter, but the goat herder can’t? If the US government turned tyrannical and say, came into Texas to round up your guns, would you not fight back? If the Obama Administration declared you American Patriots, Tea Party members, Conservatives, Christians, etc… domestic terrorists and started drone striking you, would you not fight back? So why is the poor goat herder any different than you and why is it his child can’t welcome him home every day, but MSG Kaluza’s can? There is hypocracy on the right, as well. Wake up people and bring them home for the love of ALL the children.
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stchas
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:27pmdang onions…
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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:48pmStchas < Member Since: February 07, 2013 Troll alert
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Liberal_Christian
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:24pmWow, wonderful
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pedrobud1
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:20pmThese videos melt my heart everytime. I tear up everytime I see this thanks for sharing. My son was deployed several years ago without kids but the uncertainty makes these reunions so special.
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whatthecrazy
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:11pmNow see that is what America is all about,sad to know there are those that would have something terrible to say about this blessed reunion, lets hope they keep quiet for a change.
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LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 8:55pmAw man….that’s good stuff.
I would be interested to get some feedback from Military families, and therefore, live in “Military towns”, what the schools are like. I mean, with all the left indoctrination that occurs in public schools as a whole nationwide, are the teachers in schools in heavily populated Military personnel a little more conservative?
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LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:00pmMaybe SENSEL/WANGO/or whatever his name is can enlightenme with his:
This is what you should know
yada yada yada
It is so.
Makes you think he’s on the top of a mountain sitting in the Lotus position.
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HI_Don
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:24pmNot only do I live in a “military town” and I am retired military, my wife runs a school 95% military kids-PK through 5th. And guess what…you DON’T tell the kids that guns are bad. You don’t because their parents use guns to keep them safe. You don’t prevent kids from role playing about cops/robbers or good guy/bad guy because that is exactly what you would expect them to do looking up to their families service. They DO stand outside and raise the flag while singing the National Anthem EVERYDAY and they have flag pledge on top of that. They talk about the necessity of war and the desire for peace because that is life and they are scared by bad guys not guns. And they don’t just say “support the troops”, they do regular service projects including “operation candy drop” where all the schools kids bring in ALL their Halloween candy and box it up and send it to soldiers. They visit and sing for veterans at the VA and for families at the Fischer House. And the community comes to pay it forward on school work days. (shout out to the Home Depot who could not be more supportive!) These kids know Guns don’t kill people – Guns SAVE people from people who would kill people. People like their mom’s and dads. That should put the story of the kid “disspelled” from school for his imaginary hand grenade in perspective. We should be encouraging kids who want to save the world, not punishing them.
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HI_Don
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:30pm@LakeHartwellSailor
BTW in relation to my last post – that is a private school. Our Public schools here that a majority of our military families have to choose from in this liberal state are not nearly as supportive. I’ve heard the horror stories of kids dealing with the same liberal crap in the news. Anti-war, anti-flag, anti-god but “we support the troops” bumper stickers. Our public schools military support might be a little bit better than other non-military towns, but not much. In fact I bet a rural farm town without any military bases near by is better than our liberal public school located .5 miles from seven military housing areas.
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firman
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:40pmHi_Don: A big thank you to you and all who serve this country!
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LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:58pmHi Don!
That’s good information. I thank you for your sevice, sir. I was enlisted 1979-84, married the last year of my enlistment, and never had children, so I was never concerned with the school situations at my duty stations. I do remember that the married guys I served with had terrible housing, but don’t remember discussing schools. Again, that was 30 years ago; and it encompassed a little bit of the Carter Admin..I think it got a little bit better for Military families after a couple of years of Reagan being in office.
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momrules
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 8:53pmWelcome home Master Sgt.
I love these homecoming videos. My best wishes to you and your family.
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firman
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:10pmI second that…it’s nice to see a positive story, isn’t it?
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momrules
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:54pmFirman……….I think we NEED positive stories in these days of all day bad news and these homecoming stories are some of the best.
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