Friends and family cheer as members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company return to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Sgt. Lucas Risley greets his wife Casey Jones and daughter Ariella, 9-months, as members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company return to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. Ariella was born just before Risely and the unit deployed. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company retrieve their luggage from as they return to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Specialist Clara Silva embraces her friend Laney Rodriguez as members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company return to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Specialist Clara Silva embraces her friend Laney Rodriguez, at right, and Sgt. Moroni Lima, left, embraces his sisters Cristal and Jade as members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company return to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Sgt. Richard Patterson kisses his fiancée Keri Deere as members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company return to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Alana Chomko, of Berlin, waits on the tarmac for a close friend to return with members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Sgt. Marco Araujo embraces his step-sister Cecilia Santini as members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company return to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Aliah Curry races into the arms of her boyfriend speicalist Nicholas Pulaski as members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company return to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 142nd Area Support Medical Company disembark from their charter flight from Fort Hood, Texas, as they return to the guard’s Readiness Center in Windsor Locks Thursday, September 8, 2022. About 60 members of the unit deployed for nine-months to Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, supporting NATO units deployed to eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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