homecoming

Things will be buzzing around the Cameron University campus this weekend, as Homecoming weekend is upon us and there will be a long list of events in store.

Approximately 480 soldiers from Ft. Sill's 4th Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) unit returned home to hero's welcome Tuesday night, after a year long deployment in the middle east.

I asked David who he was cheering for in the big game tomorrow, Denver or Seattle? He replied "Budweiser!" I laughed and agreed with him. We watch the Super Bowl for the ads. I guess that makes them worth $4 million dollars per 30 seconds.

On Monday, 13 Marines were on their way home, returning from Afghanistan.  And before their American Airlines flight from Chicago to San Diego took off, the airline realized it had six open seats in first class.

While on tour of duty in Afghanistan, soldier Donny Eslinger adopted an adorable dog that he named Smoke-pup Barbarian. But after he was critically wounded during a mortar attack and shipped to Germany, Eslinger was forced to leave the pooch behind.

We’ve all seen the heartwarming videos of soldiers stationed overseas surprising their children stateside with early returns home. And that’s how this video of Capt. Cherissa Jackson, who had been deployed in Afghanistan, begins, with mom surprising her daughters Anita and Ashley at a Gaitherburg, Maryland Kentucky Fried Chicken. But then it gets even more touching.

Christmas may have come and gone but there is still magic to marvel at from this joyous holiday, like the magic that granted the wish of a little girl who only wanted her soldier father back for the holidays.

A soldier dad from Kentucky gave his two sons a birthday surprise last week that they’ll likely never forget. Capt. Nate Burgess, who had just returned home after serving in Afghanistan for the past year, decided to surprise his two sons on their birthday. So, he wrapped himself up as a life-sized G.I. Joe birthday present and gave himself as a gift.

Is there anything more adorable than a dog greeting its owner? How about a dog greeting its owner after they return home from military deployment? We dare you to watch this supercut of lovable pooches welcoming their owners home from military service and not get choked up.

Staci Lowe got the surprise of her life at a Kansas City Chiefs game on Sunday when fiancé William Bell, an Army staff sergeant who wasn’t expected home from Iraq until later in the week, ran onto the field during halftime.

We admit it. These things make us misty. Army Specialist Matthew Peters of Owensville, Missouri spent a year deployed in Kuwait and Iraq, and hadn’t seen his young son, Blake, in more than six months. When he came home, he decided to pop in on the unsuspecting tyke at school for a hug the kid will probably never forget.