110801-Z-UF872-074 More than a thousand loved ones greet California National Guard Soldiers at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos upon their return from a year-long deployment to Iraq, August 1, 2011. The 1-140th Aviation Battalion served a crucial role in supporting the troop drawdown taking place theater-wide, providing a variety of aviation support to military personnel throughout Iraq, primarily in Iraq's central region. (Air National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Julie Avey/Released)

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