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Staff Sgt. Shaun Bailey reunites with his wife, Asia, and their son, Shaun, after returning from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan in Wilmington, Del., Feb. 26, 2014. Bailey is assigned to the 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion.

Staff Sgt. Shaun Bailey reunites with his wife, Asia, and their son, Shaun, after returning from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan in Wilmington, Del., Feb. 26, 2014. Bailey is assigned to the 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion.

Staff Sgt. Shaun Bailey reunites with his wife, Asia, and their son, Shaun, after returning from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan in Wilmington, Del., Feb. 26, 2014. Bailey is assigned to the 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion.

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