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Soldiers embrace loved ones and family members as they return from deployment to Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., May 8, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 167th Infantry Regiment, Alabama National Guard.

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Soldiers embrace loved ones and family members as they return from deployment to Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., May 8, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 167th Infantry Regiment, Alabama National Guard.

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