U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Carrie Stewart hugs her daughter Tiara Sanders, 14, after surprising the Bolton High School freshman in class on Friday in Bolton, Tenn.. Stewart just finished a 10 month deployment in Kuwait and was not scheduled to return to the U.S. for three more weeks.

Sergeant First Class Paul Brady of the 182nd Infantry Massachusetts National Guard embraces his daughter Regan, 6, during a welcome home ceremony at Memorial Hall in Melrose, Massachusetts, March 28, 2012. The 182nd Infantry Regiment, one of the original units in the United States Military, returned from a year long deployment in Afganistan.

Family members and friends wave United States flags during the arrival of the 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard at a welcome home ceremony at Memorial Hall in Melrose, Massachusetts, March 28,2012. The 182nd Infantry Regiment, one of the original units in the United States Military, returned from a year long deployment in Afganistan.

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards march down the Royal Mile during a Homecoming Parade to mark their return following a successful tour of duty in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Dec. 1 in Edinburgh, Scotland. In keeping with tradition dating back hundreds of years, the Regiment paraded from the Castle Esplanade, down the Royal Mile to Canongate Kirk to show their thanks for the support that members of the public have shown them during their tour of duty.

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards march down the Royal Mile during a Homecoming Parade following a successful tour of duty in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Dec.1, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Musicians from the British Army's Royal Scots Dragoon Guards regiment walk in a Homecoming parade.

At terminal A at the Sacramento Airport, left to right, wife of Darryl Oleson and daughters Kyli center, and Cieva, get excited as their husband and father Darryl Oleson makes his way down the escalator escorted by an honor guard. Oleson, a Citrus Heights police officer who's in the military reserve is home early from a tour in Iraq. Police officers and his family meet him at the airport for this Christmas Eve surprise on Dec. 24.

At the bottom the the escalator, Citrus Heights police officers salute in the background, as Darryl Oleson hugs his daughters Cieva, and Kyli, as his wife Lea, wipes tears away. Darryl Oleson, a Citrus Heights police officer who's in the military reserve is home early from a tour in Iraq at the Sacramento Airport Terminal A. Police officers and his family meet him at the airport on Dec. 24.