Finally back home.

CrimsonCrossfire · 6 months

Context: An older brother of a good friend of mine returning home from a tour in Afghanistan. He married this fine lass right before he left.

ABORTED_BABY_BUFFET · 6 months

Someone posts a picture of a kitten: Only positive comments and compliments. Someone posts a picture of woman welcoming her husband home from war: "Oh she probably fucks black guys while he's gone" "Look at the guilt in her eyes"

Really Reddit?

ForrestISrunnin · 6 months

To all of the people suggesting that she cheated on him, or he married her so she didn't bounce while he was gone, and other people getting pissed at those comments. There is a reason so many people say that, because it happens on a REGULAR basis. I got married before my first deployment for just that reason. During that marriage, she also cheated on me.

Welcome to a military marriage. It sucks.

miwine · 6 months

She must have really missed that backpack. :'(

Semp3rFi · 6 months

I'm glad he made it home and someones loves him enough to cry in joy for his return.

I_RECTIFY_GRAMMAR · 6 months

I wonder if that ring Israel, what Iraq!

vvildtype · 6 months

Her eyes convey a beautiful combination of happiness and relief. Beautiful picture regardless of the context but I'm glad he's home safe and with his love again.

igbok · 6 months

that looks exactly like my wife's engagement ring. ಠ_ಠ

petey102 · 6 months

Returning soldier photos always get me ಡ_ಡ

thedemonlover · 6 months

Where did she go?

Praise_Jewish_Allah · 6 months

Think of the families he prevented from forming an relationships he caused the end of just by is illegal presence in a foreign country

Oh that's right, you won't.

CosmicBard · 6 months

Fucking stupid tripe.

The equivalent of saying hitting your hand with a hammer is awesome because of how good it feels when you stop.

If he didn't go off to kill brown people in some foreign country for reasons he doesn't understand, nobody would have to miss anybody.

currentlydistracted · 6 months

I'm gonna go a little of topic to mention that she has really nice fingers, like finger model fingers.

[deleted] · 6 months

ahh her eyes are so beautiful

one_liner_drawings · 6 months

im not good at uploading yet but here you go http://imgur.com/fIlp2

lefthandpisces · 6 months

I don't understand all the negative comments in this thread.

Around half of them insinuate her cheating on him while away. Really?

I know the internet is generally full of crass people at most times (myself included), but that's a little cheap shot at a nice moment.

I thought the photo was lovely.

aurisor · 6 months

Sorry man...I'm glad things worked out for your buddy, but I can never enjoy these pictures because it just reminds me of all of the people on both sides who weren't as lucky.

Fuck war.

ajarofgelly · 6 months

:c the comments people are leaving are making sad. military personal (enlisted/majority of officers) don't have a say in what to do i.e. invade the middle east, the people who made that decision was Congress/President! I don't support the war, I support all the men and women serving. The military personal are just mere volunteers looking for opportunity & following orders.

ForrestISrunnin · 6 months

On a related note, this is a touching picture.

Aqualass · 6 months

This picture completely catches how much pain she felt and how happy she is to see him again, its beautiful and I'm embarrassed for the people who are so self centered that they need to say nasty things.

BeanzyWeanzy · 6 months

Hello all! Liberal sailor here. Although I am a part of "the system" I am also not someone that is in favor of our current wars, or war in general. The military is not just used a combatant force, we also do nation building (I wouldn't call anything we're doing in Afghanistan nation building, but that's another conversation) humanitarian work, disaster relief, deterrent measures and intelligence gathering. A huge part of every service members' role is to prevent war as much as prepare for a conflict. We also have normal jobs that need to be done including engineers, mechanics, security analysts, cooks, etc. We all joined for the opportunities that come during and after serving. We have people that need to be deployed/relieved and it's hard on their families, but don't confuse that with endorsement. It's called a duty for a reason, we are obligated. Not all of us are crazy war mongers! tl;dr Not all service members are down with war, but somebody's got to do the job.

CrimsonCrossfire: I'm glad your friend and her sister-in-law got their boy back!

Grand_Theft_Audio · 6 months

I love the contrast between her styled hair (showing she cares and wants to look her best) and the purity of her expression.

Cynikal818 · 6 months

I'm wayy to cynical...I could never be with someone while I was going over seas for duty...fuck Jody getting my girl.

EDIT: Downvote all you want. I grew up with a military family and a military background. It happens all the time...I'd say more than 50%...so while you want to be armchair warriors getting mad that I point out a simple truth about how I...ME...would handle the situation go ahead and live in your fairy tale bliss.

Don't judge me because I wouldn't have a SO while over seas...it doesn't even make sense for you to. My choice isn't it?

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ly72 · 6 months

Fuck war

crmacd · 6 months

To those that are bashing this photo and other military related photos.

I am a programmer. I'm not in the military nor have I been. I like you, disagree with the US stance on foreign policy. But here is where you need to change by opening your mind and hearts just a little bit.

Instead of not using the scientific method and complaining, here is what I did.

Ask a Question Why are we over there? What is actually going on over there?

Do Background Research Which company would I be OK working for that would/could/potentially send me over there to see for myself?

Construct a Hypothesis Media is lying to me about what is really going on over there. The military is not telling us the entire story. If I go overseas will I actually see what this really is all about.

Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment

Get hired by awesome company. ~~check~~
Get to work on cool projects. ~~check~~
Volunteer to go overseas on a cool project. ~~check~~
Volunteer for a few months overseas. ~~check~~
Saw for myself the "religious biased killings of local men, women, and children by locals" ~~check~~
Saw US men and women sacrifice their lives to keep food supplies coming to local population. ~~check~~
Saw US men and women put themselves in harms way to protect the local population. ~~check~~
Return safely home to the states. Only to volunteer again because it's very rare that you get the chance to make sure someone's son and daughter, who are putting themselves in harms way everyday for you and your children, get home safely. ~~check~~

Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion It is my opinion that we were/are over there for two reasons.

To prevent religious based killing from becoming common place on American soil.
To protect people from these religious fanatics and try to repair and maintain food supplies.

It is my opinion we are doing this to make allies of the local population to gain resources (yes, oil is one) and friends for future confrontations.

Communicate Your Results Here is what I saw that no amount of "eye-wash" will ever be able to fix.

I dud rocket on the other side of a hesco wall.
Person(s) being blown apart.
Bullets blocked by a hesco wall that would have gone into my room where I was sleeping.
A young man take a bullet from a sniper to the head.
A young man running to prevent being blown up from an IED.
A religious fanatic run through the home of a family while they were sleeping. Only to later return to hide in the home. I watched helplessly while this fanatic head shot every family member in that house because the man of the house got up and attempted to stop the fanatic.
Countless dead bodies.
Religious fanatics detonate bombs on anyone that moved nearby.

So fellow redditors perhaps if you bare with me a little longer you will understand the bigger picture.

Picture a new neighbor moves in with a viewpoint different than yours. Now imagine that neighbor running through your home killing you and those you love for not agreeing with his viewpoints (yes, the cats and dogs were shot as well). Picture that neighbor now killing the entire block for not agreeing with his viewpoints. Think about that person converting other people to do the same thing in other neighborhoods across the country sometimes at gun point. Now what would you do if you had an opportunity to prevent that viewpoint from spreading by attempting to find the source of that viewpoint?

Imagine going to work on your daily commute and a gas leak causing an explosion in the road completely damaging that road. You find another road and go about your commute. Months go by road construction starts to repair the damage. BOOM! Another gas leak goes off on another seeming unrelated road. This continues for 6 months to a year. BOOM, road construction, BOOM, construction, BOOM... Eventually by looking at the map you realize there is no way to get the trucks to your local grocery store the roads are too damaged and the public transportation systems can't work as the construction efforts prevent general traffic flow and the ability to keep a decent time table. As a result the grocery store no longer carries all the basic supplies, only the items that made it on the last truck that successfully made it through. You continue to use your personal vehicle and hope that you are in the good with your neighbor with the extreme viewpoints so they don't decide to blow up your car.

Now picture a force with enough fire power that thinks they can stop these viewpoints from spreading. That same force has always had enough determination to keep the food supplies from dwindling and above all see the supplies delivered to there destination. This is what the US military from my personal experience of actually observing as an outsider was/is doing.

Do I concede that there are alternative methods to prevent this spread and keep supplies flowing. Completely. Did the US do the best with the options were given? I think so, but I don't know for sure. Do I think of this as a lesson learned? Completely.

Because of these experiences I'm now of the opinion, not backing someone who for all you know just took a bullet to the knee protecting those that can't protect themselves is just, well, plain heartless. I know reddit has a heart; I've seen random acts of pizza and countless other acts of kindness. We see it every day. Please stop acting like mindless drones and act with compassion and humanity when you can. Besides if we can't say anything nice perhaps we should just keep our damn mouths shut and just click the down vote.

Also, you don't have to take my word for it. You could always just volunteer and see for yourself.

Side note: That women's name isn't Candice is it? If so, glad she found someone.

UnoriginalMike · 6 months

I know that feel. Still brings up strong emotion in me.

My second deployment I brought a bribe for my daughter. Memory still feels good.

Regarding all of the bad comments from shitty people and morons, sorry, the internet (especially reddit) is full of some of the worst of society. Also some of the best. None of the latter posted any of that BS IMO, but they are here. Buy him a beer for me.

CitizenErin · 6 months

Welcome home.

bevmacumber · 6 months

I dont care if its a brother, a husband or a father... this picture has torn my hear asunder. koodos for beautiful photography :)

RobotBender · 6 months

thank you for your service

[deleted] · 6 months

ha,you have laugh at all the pseudo intellectual edgy teenagers posting here, it must be nice have the world figured out.To the OP great picture good to have him home.

throwin_stuff · 6 months

Why are so many of these comments pure dog shit?

helldredge95 · 6 months

A picture that speaks a thousand words

shaidoninja · 6 months

Every time I see one of these pics it make me tear up a little.

dog_in_the_vent · 6 months

Wow, people on the internet are truly awful when they want to be.

shivering · 6 months

This is beautiful! Welcome home and thank you for your service :)

SaphiraArach · 6 months

This is a beautiful photo. Almost made me tear up... Very well done.

imagine22jc · 6 months

Wishing them happiness. Welcome back sir!

DuckyWtf · 6 months

I know this feeling all too well.

porkchameleon · 6 months

It took me a moment to realize what's going on in this picture.

Fuck yeah.

iamawesome-srsly · 6 months

Damn, my heart felt like it was being kicked. This photo is really touching. Not sure if it's because I'm on my period or if (other reason.)

MonkeyWithMachete · 6 months

Wow. I've only been on Reddit a few months, but I'm really starting to see a common streak that runs through a lot of the people, on many different sub-reddits. It's rather disheartening considering the great things I have seen some of the people of Reddit do.

andrewsmith1986 · 6 months

Was she Semper Fi?

entheogenetica · 6 months

one love, one heart

Illegal_Smiles · 6 months

She has a ring on each of her ring fingers.

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