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U.S. Armp Spc. Andy Cogswell, a military police officer with the 65th Military Police Company, kisses his daughter for the first time in 15 months on Pope Air Force Base, N.C., March 7, 2009. The company of 160 soldiers was welcomed home by family and friends after a deployment in Iraq.

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U.S. Armp Spc. Andy Cogswell, a military police officer with the 65th Military Police Company, kisses his daughter for the first time in 15 months on Pope Air Force Base, N.C., March 7, 2009. The company of 160 soldiers was welcomed home by family and friends after a deployment in Iraq.

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