This is about 5 minutes after I landed back in the Fort Bragg area. Perhaps ‘happy’ isn’t the right word.
My daughter Zoe is also learning to say “Not the mama.”
Zoe, if you are reading this years from now… that was a reference to this TV show:
Nov 16 2011
Deployment is over and my daughter is so happy to see me!
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The free festival on Fort Bragg's Main Post Parade Field was a massive success! Expect updates, highlights, and other footage over the next few months.
UPDATE: A second festival is in the works for Camp Pendleton - a large Marine Corps base near San Diego, CA. Summer 2013
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Paul Hunter
November 16, 2011 at 10:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Being away from very small children is tough!
Paul Weaver
November 16, 2011 at 10:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome home! Glad that you’re back and safe with your family.
unbound
November 16, 2011 at 11:04 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome back!! From what I see, you didn’t have a present for her when you got off the plane…of course she is upset.
:-)
Glodson
November 16, 2011 at 11:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome back! She’s young and will warm up to you. There will come a time when you won’t be able to get her to let you go. Believe me, my littler girl has been there. Then she got over it, then it came back.
I’ve been told that it is a cycle. Enjoy seeing your little girl.
Randomfactor
November 16, 2011 at 11:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome back.
Justin Griffith
November 16, 2011 at 11:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
LOL’d.
Art
November 16, 2011 at 11:23 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Outstanding. Welcome back.
geocatherder
November 17, 2011 at 1:05 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
You’re a relative stranger to her; seeing you in the flesh is different from seeing you on the computer. Give her time.
And yes, I also want to add, welcome home.
kennypo65
November 17, 2011 at 1:09 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome home, and thank you for your service to our nation.
kategarrenson
November 17, 2011 at 4:34 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Wonderful! So glad you’re home, Justin!
You inspire so many of us — not just atheists — and it’s just good to know you’re home safe, and with your family.
Gosh you look so different now, from your profile shot.
Kate from Iowa
November 17, 2011 at 4:45 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’ll join in the chorus of “welcome back/glad to hear you’re home!”
And just to remind you that things could be worse…one of my nephews called my youngest brother/his father Mommy until he was almost three, so…well, it could be worse.
PSG
November 17, 2011 at 4:58 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome home sir. Welcome home.
Egaeus
November 17, 2011 at 9:34 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
You have great faith in the longevity of clips containing copyrighted material on YouTube.
sunnydale75
November 17, 2011 at 9:52 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What a beautiful baby girl! It’s great that your deployment is over and you’re able to be with you family.
As for that quote, I remember that show with some fondness (though that fondness is filtered through the “younger-me” eyes, as opposed to my current ones).
Tony
rwgate
November 18, 2011 at 1:17 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome home, from a Vietnam veteran. I know how it feels to come back, and I know that the memories of this day will live with you forever. Thank you.
larianlequella
November 18, 2011 at 2:27 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Man, I saw that face a lot when I came back from deployments.
And my daughter loved that show too (we found an old VHS tape of it that we played for her back when we actually had a VCR).
Mara
November 18, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome back and I hope you get lots of time to enjoy your little girl :)
Stacy
November 18, 2011 at 1:47 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome home! Hey, I bet you were happy enough for the both of you. :)
Len
November 19, 2011 at 11:14 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Good that you’re home safe. Enjoy your family.