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The Best Thanksgiving Ever

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"You know we have a lot to be thankful for today. Our boys are home safe." - Barbara Filicsky, mother of Specialist Jason Filiscsky

Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery of the Indiana National Guard returned home from Iraq to Indianapolis on Thanksgiving morning...the Patriot Guard Riders were there to welcome them home. Here's some photos of the reunions:

FIRST SERGEANT GETS A HUG
Indiana National Guard 1st Sgt. Euripides Perez hugs his wife, Lupe, at a Stout Field hangar in Indianapolis, Nov. 27. Perez, of South Bend, Ind. is the top enlisted Solder with Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery. Perez returned to Hoosier soil along with more than 320 Citizen-Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team on Thanksgiving morning. Photographer for all photos: Staff Sgt. Jeff Lowry, Indiana National Guard.

STAFF SERGEANT WILSON GETS A KISS
Stacy Wilson of Rossville, Ind. kisses her husband, Staff Sgt. Mark Wilson, at a Stout Field hangar in Indianapolis, Nov. 27. Wilson, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery squad leader, returned to Hoosier soil along with more than 320 Citizen-Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team after a nine-month deployment to Iraq.

THE CO GETS ENGAGED
Indiana National Guard Capt. Logan Goettler, of Indianapolis and Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery commander, proposes marriage to his girlfriend, Amanda Cook, Nov. 27. The couple has been together for nearly two years. Goettler returned to Hoosier soil after a nine-month deployment to Iraq with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Indiana National Guard Capt. Logan Goettler slides an engagement ring on his fiancee's finger, Nov. 27. Goettler, of Indianapolis and Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery commander, and Amanda Cook have been together for nearly two years.

MORE HUGS FOR SPECIALIST GULLEY
Indiana National Guard Spc. James Gulley receives hugs from his daughters, Emily, left, and Mercedes, right, at a Stout Field hangar in Indianapolis, Nov. 27. Gulley, of Indianapolis and a fuel specialist with Company E, 113th Brigade Support Battalion, returned to Hoosier soil along with more than 320 Citizen-Soldiers with 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team after a nine-month deployment to Iraq.