Mariah Lopez welcomes her dad, Specialist Steven Lopez home from serving in Iraq with the Arizona Army National Guard 855th Military Police unit who arrived home at the Air National Guard base at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. The 114 returning reservists were on their second tour which began December 2009 and completed over 600 missions throughout Ninewa Province which included training Iraqi police and humanitarian missions. The unit's previous deployment was in 2003 as a part of the original invasion force for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
It's been a while since I photographed troops arriving or departing for theaters of combat, but always find the homecomings delightful to cover.
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