Spc. Mellisa Wilson, a motor transport operator with the 109th Transportation Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, hugs Sgt. Zach Chuala, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion(Airborne), 509th Infantry, 4th Brigade combat Team (Airborne) after a redeployment ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Dec. 1. The 109th returned after supporting Operation Spartan Shield with a nine-month deployment to Kuwait.

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