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Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron D. Giere reads a hand-lettered sign as friends and family welcome him home at the Hector International Airport, Fargo, N.D., on April 6, 2006. Giere is returning from a deployment to Iraq with the 119th Security Forces Squadron.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron D. Giere reads a hand-lettered sign.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron D. Giere reads a hand-lettered sign as friends and family welcome him home at the Hector International Airport, Fargo, N.D., on April 6, 2006. Giere is returning from a deployment to Iraq with the 119th Security Forces Squadron.

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